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506493 - MEDICAL PHYSICS

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ID:
506493
Duration (hours):
62.5
CFU:
5
SSD:
FISICA APPLICATA (A BENI CULTURALI, AMBIENTALI, BIOLOGIA E MEDICINA)
Year:
2025
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Overview

Date/time interval

Primo Semestre (01/10/2025 - 16/01/2026)

Syllabus

Course Objectives

Learn to apply Physics investigation methods and review elements of Physics useful for medical applications.

Course Prerequisites

High-school-level Physics (inlcuding dynamics, thermology, electricity, magnetism, waves) and Math (inlcuding algebra, space geometry, trigonometry, logarithmic and exponential functions. Knowledge of derivatives and integrals is not required, but desirable.)

Teaching Methods

Standard lectures with projected slides. Classroom response through online teaching platform. Mock exams. Tutorials. Collaborative learning.

Assessment Methods

Multiple-choice test questions requiring few-step calculations and covering all the topics of the course.

Texts

A. Bacchetta, D. Scannicchio, "Introduction to Medical Physics"
(https://www.zanichelli.it/ricerca/prodotti/introduction-to-medical-physics)

Contents

Covered topics:
-Fluid Mechanics;
-Biomechanics;
-Thermodynamics;
-Electromagnetism;
-Diffusion Phenomena;
-Wave Phenomena, Acoustics, Optics;
-Radiations;
-Laboratory Practice.

Course Language

English

More information

Requests for further information to: alessandro.bacchetta@unipv.it.

It is possible to arrange personal appointments by email with the instructors, in person or remotely, also after 6:00 PM.

Degrees

Degrees

MEDICINE AND SURGERY 
Single-cycle Master’s Degree (6 Years)
6 years
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People (2)

BACCHETTA ALESSANDRO
Gruppo 02/PHYS-02 - FISICA TEORICA DELLE INTERAZIONI FONDAMENTALI, MODELLI, METODI MATEMATICI E APPLICAZIONI
Settore PHYS-02/A - Fisica teorica delle interazioni fondamentali, modelli, metodi matematici e applicazioni
AREA MIN. 02 - Scienze fisiche
Professore Ordinario
CARANTE MARIO PIETRO
Settore PHYS-06/A - Fisica per le scienze della vita, l'ambiente e i beni culturali
Gruppo 02/PHYS-06 - FISICA PER LE SCIENZE DELLA VITA, L'AMBIENTE E I BENI CULTURALI, DIDATTICA E STORIA DELLA FISICA
AREA MIN. 02 - Scienze fisiche
Ricercatore
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