AMERICAN INDIAN STUDIES PROGRAM 265 - Introduction to Medical Physics

Institution:

University of Wisconsin-Madison

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Description:

II; 2 cr (P-I). Primarily for premeds and other students in the medical and biological sciences. Applications of physics to medicine and medical instrumentation. Topics: biomechanics, sound and hearing, pressure and motion of fluids, heat and temperature, electricity and magnetism in the body, optics and the eye, biological effects of light, use of ionizing radiation in diagnosis and therapy, radiation safety, medical instrumentation. Two lectures with demonstrations per week. P: A yr crse of college level intro physics.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.wisc.edu

Phone Number:

(608) 262-1234

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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