Author : M Sperrin
Publisher : Myprint
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 12,76 MB
Release : 2014-12-18
Category :
ISBN : 9780750318846
Author : Malcolm Sperrin
Publisher :
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 34,78 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Medical radiology
ISBN : 9780750310581
Knowledge of scientific principles is also mandated as a result of a need to understand best and safest practice, especially in the use of ionising radiation where legislation, guidance and risk all form part of a medical specialists' pressures at work. It is no surprise therefore that radiologists are obliged to study and pass physics exams. Such exams can present a considerable challenge and the authors of this work recognise and sympathise with that challenge and have created a volume which that is intended to be an educational resource and not just a pre-exam 'crammer.' Both authors have considerable experience in teaching, supporting and examining in medical science and have developed an awareness of where those sitting professional exams have traditionally struggled. This text is a distillation of that experience.
Author : Malcolm Sperrin
Publisher : IOP Publishing Limited
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 31,58 MB
Release : 2015-04-15
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780750310598
Knowledge of scientific principles is also mandated as a result of a need to understand best and safest practice, especially in the use of ionising radiation where legislation, guidance and risk all form part of a medical specialist's pressures at work. It is no surprise therefore that radiologists are obliged to study and pass physics exams. Such exams can present a considerable challenge and the authors of this work recognise and sympathise with that challenge and have created a volume that is intended to be an educational resource and not just a pre-exam 'crammer'. Both authors have considerable experience in teaching, supporting and examining in medical science and have developed an awareness of where those sitting professional exams have traditionally struggled. This text is a distillation of that experience.
Author : Malcolm Sperrin
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,87 MB
Release : 2019
Category : Examination Question
ISBN : 9780750321488
Science and medicine have long been close partners; this is particularly true in radiology where the availability of imaging techniques is central to diagnosis. An understanding of the science underlying an imaging process enables the development of new or improved techniques, comprehension of the imaging limitations and even the creation of a research portfolio. This volume is intended as an education resource to help study and pass the necessary exams in physics required for medical specialists. Accounting for changes in examinations and curricula, this new edition includes over 50 new questions across all topics and a new chapter on functional and molecular imaging. Part of IPEM-IOP Series in Physics and Engineering in Medicine and Biology.
Author : Andrew G. Murchison
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 16,44 MB
Release : 2019
Category : Anatomy
ISBN : 9780750311854
Designed to support candidates through the training scheme of bodies such as the Royal College of Radiologists, this text focuses on the aspects of anatomy that are most relevant to the achievement of Fellowship status. The text itself is arranged in a manner to encourage learning and an understanding of the key concepts rather than just provide a vehicle to pass the exams. Each chapter consists of a series of questions typical of those found on the fellowship exams, and the images and diagrams that accompany each question provide a stimulus to the concepts being challenged, whilst the answers also contain explanations that in many instances go beyond that strictly necessary to support the answer, including examination tips. Part of Series in Physics and Engineering in Medicine and Biology.
Author : William R. Hendee
Publisher : Wiley-Liss
Page : 548 pages
File Size : 50,5 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Medical
ISBN :
William Hendee and Russell Ritenour's comprehensive text provides the tools necessary to be comfortable with the physical principles, technology concepts, equiment, and procedures used in diagnostic imaging, as well as to appreciate the technological capabilities and limitations of the discipline. Readers need not possess a background in physics. Broadly accessible, Medical Imaging Physics covers all aspects of image formation in modern medical imaging modalities, such as radiography, ultrasonography, computed tomopgraphy(CT), nuclear imaging, and magnetic resonance. Other topics covered include; Digital x-ray imaging Doppler ultrasound Helical CT scanning Accumulation and analysis of nuclear data Experimental radiobiology Radiation protection and safety
Author : Varut Vardhanabhuti
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 32,84 MB
Release : 2010-07-29
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 0199584028
This unique multiple choice question book contains 400 questions for the revised First FRCR exam. It comprehensively addresses the exam content and includes detailed answers, highlighted with key learning points throughout the text. Following the recent curriculum change this is the first book to address the significant changes within this crucial exam.
Author : Adrian M. K. Thomas
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 47,74 MB
Release : 2013-05-09
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0191669709
In 1890, Professor Arthur Willis Goodspeed, a professor of physics at Pennsylvania USA was working with an English born photographer, William N Jennings, when they accidentally produced a Röntgen Ray picture. Unfortunately, the significance of their findings were overlooked, and the formal discovery of X-rays was credited to Wilhelm Roentgen in 1895. The discovery has since transformed the practice of medicine, and over the course of the past 130 years, the development of new radiological techniques has continued to grow. The impact has been seen in virtually every hospital in the world, from the routine use of ultrasound for pregnancy scans, through to the diagnosis of complex medical issues such as brain tumours. More subtly, X-rays were also used in the discovery of DNA and in military combat, and their social influence through popular culture can be seen in cartoons, books, movies and art. Written by two radiologists who have a passion for the history of their field, The History of Radiology is a beautifully illustrated review of the remarkable developments within radiology and the scientists and pioneers who were involved. This engaging and authoritative history will appeal to a wide audience including medical students studying for the Diploma in the History of Medicine of the Society of Apothecaries (DHMSA), doctors, medical physicists, medical historians and radiographers.
Author : Siddhartha Mukherjee
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 42,56 MB
Release : 2011-08-09
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 1439170916
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and a documentary from Ken Burns on PBS, this New York Times bestseller is “an extraordinary achievement” (The New Yorker)—a magnificent, profoundly humane “biography” of cancer—from its first documented appearances thousands of years ago through the epic battles in the twentieth century to cure, control, and conquer it to a radical new understanding of its essence. Physician, researcher, and award-winning science writer, Siddhartha Mukherjee examines cancer with a cellular biologist’s precision, a historian’s perspective, and a biographer’s passion. The result is an astonishingly lucid and eloquent chronicle of a disease humans have lived with—and perished from—for more than five thousand years. The story of cancer is a story of human ingenuity, resilience, and perseverance, but also of hubris, paternalism, and misperception. Mukherjee recounts centuries of discoveries, setbacks, victories, and deaths, told through the eyes of his predecessors and peers, training their wits against an infinitely resourceful adversary that, just three decades ago, was thought to be easily vanquished in an all-out “war against cancer.” The book reads like a literary thriller with cancer as the protagonist. Riveting, urgent, and surprising, The Emperor of All Maladies provides a fascinating glimpse into the future of cancer treatments. It is an illuminating book that provides hope and clarity to those seeking to demystify cancer.
Author : Suzanne Corkin
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 49,9 MB
Release : 2013-05-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0465033490
In 1953, 27-year-old Henry Gustave Molaison underwent an experimental "psychosurgical" procedure -- a targeted lobotomy -- in an effort to alleviate his debilitating epilepsy. The outcome was unexpected -- when Henry awoke, he could no longer form new memories, and for the rest of his life would be trapped in the moment. But Henry's tragedy would prove a gift to humanity. As renowned neuroscientist Suzanne Corkin explains in Permanent Present Tense, she and her colleagues brought to light the sharp contrast between Henry's crippling memory impairment and his preserved intellect. This new insight that the capacity for remembering is housed in a specific brain area revolutionized the science of memory. The case of Henry -- known only by his initials H. M. until his death in 2008 -- stands as one of the most consequential and widely referenced in the spiraling field of neuroscience. Corkin and her collaborators worked closely with Henry for nearly fifty years, and in Permanent Present Tense she tells the incredible story of the life and legacy of this intelligent, quiet, and remarkably good-humored man. Henry never remembered Corkin from one meeting to the next and had only a dim conception of the importance of the work they were doing together, yet he was consistently happy to see her and always willing to participate in her research. His case afforded untold advances in the study of memory, including the discovery that even profound amnesia spares some kinds of learning, and that different memory processes are localized to separate circuits in the human brain. Henry taught us that learning can occur without conscious awareness, that short-term and long-term memory are distinct capacities, and that the effects of aging-related disease are detectable in an already damaged brain. Undergirded by rich details about the functions of the human brain, Permanent Present Tense pulls back the curtain on the man whose misfortune propelled a half-century of exciting research. With great clarity, sensitivity, and grace, Corkin brings readers to the cutting edge of neuroscience in this deeply felt elegy for her patient and friend.
