Master's Degree in Medicine and Surgery
Academic Year 2015/2016 - 1° Year
FISICA INFORMATICA E STATISTICA MEDICA - channel 1
Teaching Staff
PAOLO MUSUMECI - Module Physics - FIS/07 - 4 CFUOffice: Dipartimento di Fisica ed Astronomia - Cittadella universitaria -Via S. Sofia 6 - Catania
Phone: 095 3785377
Office Hours: concordato con gli studenti
Office: Stanza 35, Terzo Blocco Dipartimento di Matematica e Informatica.
Phone: 095-7383087
Office Hours: Martedi' 10-11.
Office: edificio 6 Policlinico G. Rodolico
Phone: 0953781818- 3293178093
Office Hours: su appuntamento
Detailed Course Content
- Physics
PHYSICS
Physical quantities and their measurement - Physical quantities, units and measurement systems, dimensional equations. Measurement tools. Systematic errors and random errors. Average and standard deviation. Functional relationships and graphical representations. Scalar and vector quantities. Operations between vectors. Recalls of mechanics and notions of Biomechanics - Kinematics. Circular motion and harmonic motion. Amount of motion. Principles of dynamics. Work. Power. Power and efficiency. Moment. Static. Elasticity. Physiological stasis. Bone fractures (generalities). Recalls on fluids and applications in biological systems - Density. Viscosity. Hydrostatic pressure. Static of fluids. Stevino's law. Pascal's principle. Principle of Archimedes. Drip. Transfusion. Withdrawal. Drainage. Dynamics of ideal liquids. Bernoulli's theorem. Aneurysm and stenosis. Real liquids. Poiseuille report. Hydraulic resistance and Reynolds number, Sphygmomanometry. Thermometry and thermoregulation - temperature and heat. Temperature measurement. Thermometric scales. Clinical thermometers. Equivalence principle. Specific heat. Thermal balance. State steps. Heat transmission. Energy balance in the human body. Basal metabolic power. The electric and bioelectric phenomena - charges and electric fields. Capacitance and capacitors. Electric current. Laws of Ohm. Elementary circuits. Joule effect. RC circuits. Pacemaker. Defibrillator. Risks related to the use of electricity. Waves and radiations - Wave phenomena. Period and frequency. Amplitude and energy. Mechanical waves. The sound. Intensity of sound. Sound pressure and decibels. Stethoscope. Ultrasound in medicine. Electromagnetic waves. The electromagnetic spectrum. Eye and color vision. Radiation in diagnostics and in therapy. X-ray diagnostics. Radioisotopes and nuclear medicine. Radiotherapy. Biological effects of ionizing radiation. Overview of dosimetry and radioprotection.
Textbook Information
- Physics
FISICA
D. Scannicchio - Fisica Biomedica - EdiSES, Napoli 2013
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