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| Part I Physics of the Body |
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1 Breathing and Metabolism |
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3 | (1) |
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1.2 Human Elevation Limits |
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1.3 Oxygen Transfer in the Brain |
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1.5 Erythrocytes: Oxygen Transport in the Body |
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1.6 Network Theory of the Human Breathing Apparatus |
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1.7 Transport Phenomena at the Cell Membrane |
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1.8 Dielectric Measurement of Exocytosis Processes |
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1.9 Diffusion and Scale Qualities |
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2.2 Bone Structures of the Ulna and Radius |
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26 | (5) |
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31 | (2) |
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2.4 Elasticity of the Vertebrae |
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2.7 Bones of Uniform Strength |
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3 Fluid Dynamics of the Circulatory System |
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3.1 From the Aorta to the Capillaries |
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3.2 The Blood as a Power Fluid |
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3.5 Hemorheometry Using a Rotating Sphere Viscometer |
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3.7 Narrowing of the Aorta |
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3.8 Stepwise Narrowing of the Aorta |
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3.9 Blood Pressure in the Aorta |
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3.10 Pulsatile Blood Flow |
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3.12 Mitral Valve Opening Surface |
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4.1 Information Processing |
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4.3 Geometry of Glasses Lenses |
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4.6 Threshold of Vision of the Human Eye |
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4.7 Visual Angle and Resolution |
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4.9 Threshold of Hearing, and Thermal Motion in Comparison |
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4.12 Threshold of Hearing |
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4.13 Sound Interference with Point Sources |
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4.16 Acoustic Pain Threshold |
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5 Electric Currents, Fields, and Potential |
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5.1 Nerve Conduction in the Giant Axons of Squid |
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5.3 Electrical Model of a Cell Membrane |
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5.4 Measurement of Cell Membrane Potentials |
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5.5 EKG and Cardiac Dipole |
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| Part II The Physics of Diagnostics and Therapy |
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7 X Ray Diagnostics and Computer Tomography |
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113 | (3) |
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7.3 Spectrum of an X Ray Tube |
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7.4 Intensity Attenuation |
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7.7 Quantum Noise of an X Ray Image Intensifier |
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7.8 Fourier Reconstruction of an Image |
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7.9 Radon Transform of a Circular Object |
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7.10 Beam Hardening and Partial Volume Artifacts in CT |
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7.11 Modulation Transfer Function of a CT Scanner |
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8.2 Impedance Matching for Sound Waves |
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8.4 Ultrasound Transducer Array |
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8.5 Material of an Ultrasonic Lens |
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8.6 Measurement of the Lens of the Eye using Ultrasonic Pulse Echo Technique |
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8.7 Ultrasound Transducers |
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9 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance |
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9.1 Zeeman Effect and Nuclear Spin Resonance |
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9.2 Magnetization and its Relaxation |
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9.3 NMR Pulses and the Rotating Coordinate System |
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9.4 Fat Signal Suppression through Inversion Recovery |
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9.6 Contrast in MRI Imaging |
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9.10 Longitudinal Relaxation Time |
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9.11 Frequency and Phase Encoding |
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9.12 Gradient Strength and Field of View (FOV) |
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9.13 Muscle Stimulation Using Pulsed Gradients |
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9.14 Multislice Technique In Spin Echo Procedure |
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9.15 Turbo Spin Echo Sequences |
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9.16 Radiation Protection in MRI (HF Absorption) |
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10 Nuclear Diagnostics and Positron Emission Tomography |
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10.5 Radionuclide Generator |
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10.6 Positron Emission Tomography |
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11 Reconstruction Techniques |
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11.1 Discrete Fourier Transform |
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11.3 Filtered Back Projection |
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12 Radiation Medicine and Protection |
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12.1 Interactions of a High Energy Primary Photon |
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12.2 Pair Production in Radiation Therapy |
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12.4 Radiation Damage from Potassium |
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12.6 Fatal Dose Equivalents |
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12.7 Dose Burden from Milk Consumption |
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13.1 Lasers in Ophthalmology |
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13.2 Optical Sizing of Bacteria |
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13.3 Small Particles in Optical Tweezers |
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| A Constants, Material Parameters, and Values |
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| B Relevant Literature |
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B.4 Medicine, Biology, and Chemistry |
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B.5 Manuscripts and Additional References |
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