CODE 67074 ACADEMIC YEAR 2018/2019 CREDITS 6 cfu anno 2 FISICA 9012 (LM-17) - GENOVA 6 cfu anno 1 FISICA 9012 (LM-17) - GENOVA SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR FIS/04 LANGUAGE Italian TEACHING LOCATION GENOVA SEMESTER 2° Semester PREREQUISITES Propedeuticità in ingresso Per sostenere l'esame di questo insegnamento è necessario aver sostenuto i seguenti esami: PHYSICS 9012 (coorte 2018/2019) THEORETICAL PHYSICS 61842 2018 MATHEMATICAL METHODS IN PHYSICS 61843 2018 MATTER PHYSICS 2 61844 2018 NUCLEAR AND PARTICLE PHYSICS AND ASTROPHYSICS 2 61847 2018 PHYSICS 9012 (coorte 2017/2018) THEORETICAL PHYSICS 61842 2017 MATHEMATICAL METHODS IN PHYSICS 61843 2017 MATTER PHYSICS 2 61844 2017 NUCLEAR AND PARTICLE PHYSICS AND ASTROPHYSICS 2 61847 2017 TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB AIMS AND CONTENT LEARNING OUTCOMES The course offers an overview of ionizing radiation applied to medicine, the use of digital images in diagnostics and the statistical processing of clinical data TEACHING METHODS Lectures 48-hour front course on the blackboard with slides SYLLABUS/CONTENT Biomechanics and fluids and sense physics Problems of scale in living organisms. Biological materials. Mechanics of rigid body and movement. Structural instabilities. Stretching compression in tissues and bones. Equations of motion for fluids applied to humans. Elastic vessels and their equilibrium conditions. Blood circulation. Receptors: touch, taste and smell. Vision: structure and functioning of the eye. Hearing and balance: structure and functioning of the ear. The current legislation. Radiation and clinical apparatus Effects of electromagnetic fields on the human organism and electrical safety. Laser applications in clinical practice. Use of the Doppler effect: ultrasound. Ionizing radiation and X radiation: radioscopy and radiography. Dosimetry and Nuclear Medicine. Computerized axial tomography (TAC). Positron emission tomography (PET) and single photon emission (SPECT). The physical principles of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). Particle accelerators for clinical use. Radiotherapy. Clinical images and medical statistics Digital images: image processing, filtering and reconstruction. Treatment plans and conformational treatment in radiotherapy. Clinical studies. Treatment and processing of clinical data. Descriptive statistics and inferential statistics. Testing hypotheses and contingency tables. Survival studies. RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY B.Brown e al., Medical Physics and biomedical engineering, Edizioni IoP D.Hall, Basic acustic, J.Wiley Edition F Hoppensteadt, Mathematics in medicine and life science, Springer Edition G.Norman, D Streiner, Biostatistica, Casa editrice Ambrosiana TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD Exam Board PAOLO PRATI (President) ANDREA CHINCARINI DARIO MASSABO' LESSONS Class schedule PHYSICS AND MEDICAL STATISTICS EXAMS EXAM DESCRIPTION Written and oral exam ASSESSMENT METHODS The examination conducted by the teacher teaching teacher assisted by one or more experts in the subject, consists of a written test and an oral test. In the written test the student is asked to draw up a short report on one of the topics covered in the course. The oral exam covers the discussion of the written test plus a question on a different topic. The questions are chosen so as to ascertain the degree of preparation of the student, his ability for synthesis and expression.
