Course: Physical fields in medical diagnostics and in therapy

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Course title Physical fields in medical diagnostics and in therapy
Course code KFY/FDT
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements Course does not contain work placement
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Erhart Jiří, prof. Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Márton Pavel, Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
Lectures: 1. Molecular forces interatomic forces, difusion, viscosity, osmosis, solutions and mixtures of liquids and gases. Surface tension and capillary phenomena. 2. Temperature field heat conductivity. Convection and radiation, specific heat. Blackbody radiation Planck's radiation law, Stefan-Boltzmann law. 3. Pressure field mechanical strain and stress, Hook's law, viscous liquid flow, Hagen-Poisseulle's law, turbulent flow. Shape memory materials. Hydrostatic pressure. 4. Mechanical wave in the material acoustic pressure field, acoustic pressure level, sound propagation, threshold of audibility and pain threshold. 5. Ultrasound and its properties near field and far-field, frequency and wavelength, ultrasonic wave energy, absoption, acoustic impedance and matching. 6. Electrostatic field, field energy. Electrical currents in materials, conductivity of conductors, semiconductors and dielectrics, electrolysis and its laws, electrical bateries, electrophoresis. 7. Polarization of dielectric materials, capacitor, piezoelectricity, pyroelectricity and ferroelectricity, electrostriction, hysteresis loop, dielectric losses, ultrasound generation by the piezoelectric materials. 8. Magnetic field field intensity and induction, Lorentz's force, electromagnetic induction. 9. Magnetic field in materials paramagnetism, diamagnetism, ferromagnetism, magnetostriction, permanent magnets, energy of the dipole moment within the external magnetic field. Nuclear magnetic resonance. 10. Electromagnetic waves light and its properties, reflection and refraction, polarization, dispersion, interference and coherence. 11. Quatum principles of electrical and magnetic properties atom models, quantum numbers, occupation rules, Pauli's exclusion principle, Hund's rule, Mendelejev's table of elements. 12. Radiation IR, UV, microwave, visible, X-Ray and gama. Sources of light light bulb, vacuum tube, laser. Photometry, photoelectric phenomenon. 13. Nuclear forces nuclear decay, ionizing radiation, alpha particle, proton, neutron, positron and electron. Radioactive decay law, isotopes, bond energy, fision and fusion. 14. Dose and equivalent dose, sources of ionizing particles, particle akcelerátor, dosimeter principle film, Geiger-Müller tube, scintillation detector. Ionizing radiation protection, half-thickness. Seminars: 1. Surface tension, capillary phenomena. 2. Heat conduction and radiation. 3. Mechanical pressure, viscosity. 4. Acoustics. 5. Ultrasound. 6. Electric current, electrolysis. 7. Electric field in materials, capacitors, piezoelectricity. 8. Magnetic forces and field. 9. Magnetic field in materials. 10. Light, reflection and refraction. 11. Photometry, spectrometry. 12. Radioactive decay.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monological explanation (lecture, presentation,briefing)
  • Class attendance - 28 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
Course is devoted to the most important physical forces/fields used in the biomedical diagnostics and in the therapy. Especially electrical, magnetic and electromagnetic field, ultrasound and various kinds of radiation are included.
Fundamental knowledge of physics for selected topics.
Prerequisites
Course Physical fields in medical diagnostics and therapy built up on the courses Physics 1. and Physics 2. from the study program Biomedical technics.

Assessment methods and criteria
Written exam

The activity in seminars and successfully passed final test are required for credit. Examination is in written form. Distant education - Tutorials and lectures are on-line in Google Meet, tests for record and exam partly on-line in written form (elearning.tul.cz) and partly in oral form.
Recommended literature
  • BENEŠ, Jiří, Jaroslava KYMPLOVÁ a František VÍTEK. Základy fyziky pro lékařské a zdravotnické obory: pro studium i praxi. Praha: Grada, 2015. ISBN 978-80-247-4712-5.
  • HALLIDAY, D., RESNICK, R., WALKER, J. Fyzika, část 1-4. Praha: Prometheus, 2000. ISBN 81-7196-213-9.
  • HORÁK, Z., KRUPKA, F. Fyzika, Sv. 1 a 2. SNTL Praha, 1976.
  • NAVRÁTIL L., ROSINA J. a kol. Medicínská biofyzika. Praha: GRADA. Grada, 2005. ISBN 80-247-1152-4.
  • SEDLÁK, B., ŠTOLL, I. Elektřina a magnetizmus. Praha: Academia, 2002.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Health Studies Study plan (Version): Biomedical Engineering (14) Category: Special and interdisciplinary fields 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter