Kane S.A. Introduction to Physics in Modern Medicine

2nd Edition. — CRC Press, 2009. — 449 p.This book provides medical students with an excellent introduction to how physics is applied in medicine, while also providing students in physics with an introduction to medical physics. Each chapter includes worked examples and a complete list of problems and questions. That so much of the technology discussed in this book was the stuff of dreams just a few years ago, makes this book as fascinating as it is practical, both for those in medicine as well as those in physics who might one day discover that the project they are working on is basis for the next great medical application.
This edition:
Covers hybrid scanners for cancer imaging and the interplay of molecular medicine with imaging technologies such as MRI, CT and PET
Looks at camera pills that can film from the inside upon swallowing and advances in robotic surgery devices
Explores Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy, proton therapy, and other new forms of cancer treatment
Reflects on the use of imaging technologies in developing countriesInstructor's preface
Student preface
Preface to the second editionIntroduction and overview
Telescopes for inner space: Fiber optics and endoscopes
Lasers in medicine: Healing with light
Seeing with sound: Diagnostic ultrasound imaging
X-ray vision: Diagnostic X-rays and CT scans
Images from radioactivity: Radionuclide scans, SPECT, and PET
Radiation therapy and radiation safety in medicine
Magnetic resonance imaging