BIOPHYSICS 2015/2016
Curricular affairs: Piotr Jeleń, M.D., Ph.D., e-mail: piotr.jelen@wum.edu.pl
Number of teaching hours:
The course covers 35 hours of instruction, divided as below:
lectures
10 hours
seminars
9 hours
practical classes
16 hours
The aim of course:
The course program offers to the students information concerning the chosen
physical phenomena occurring in living organisms and application of physics in
medicine taking into account the specificity of the dentist profession. The emphasis is
placed on imaging techniques in dentistry.
Topics of lectures:
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Physical basics of biomechanics of human body.
Ultraviolet and infrared radiation.
X-rays. Radioactive decay (α, β and γ radiation).
Imaging techniques I (MRI).
Imaging techniques II (CT, PET, SPECT, scintigraphy).
Topics of seminars:
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Light in oral medicine. Optical fibres. Lasers in medicine.
Radiation therapy. Radiation protection.
Ultrasound in dentistry
Topics of practical classes:
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Statics of human body. Equilibrium. Measurements of torque and force.
Physical basics of ultrasonography.
X-rays and gamma radiation. Experimental determination of linear attenuation
coefficients and half-value layers.
Photometry.
Assessment of student performance:
To receive a credit for a course in biophysics students are requested to:
attend all practical classes (laboratory sessions), and collect at least 12 points,
attend lectures and seminars, and collect at least 4 points for presence and
activity,
pass the final test concerning lectures, seminars and practical classes.
The final grade depends on the result of the test:
Grade:
Criteria
2.0 (failed)
3.0 (satisfactory)
3.5 (rather good)
4.0 (good)
4.5 (more than good)
5.0 (very good)
0-35 correct answers
36-40 correct answers
41-45 correct answers
46-50 correct answers
51-55 correct answers
56-60 correct answers
Obligatory literature:
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Daviodovits P.: Physics in Biology and Medicine (3rd ed.), Harcourt Academic
Press, An Imprint of Elsevier, 2008
Herman I.P.: Physics of the Human Body, Springer, Berlin-Heidelberg-New
York, 2007
Ronto G., Tarjan I. (Eds.): An Introduction to Biophysics with Medical
Orientation, (3rd ed.), Akadémiai Publishing Company, Budapest, 1999
Supplementary literature:
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Hobbie R.K., Roth B.J.: Intermediate Physics for Medicine & Biology (4-th ed.),
Springer, 2007
Malmivuo J., Plonsey R.: Bioelectromagnetism, - Principles and Applications of
Bioelectric and Biomagnetic Fields. New York, Oxford University Press, 1995.
Glaser, R.: Biophysics, Springer-Verlag 2005