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Pulse Oximetry
Student reading, Instructor supplement, Video, Pre-class assignment, Restricted access, HomeworkThis curriculum uses videos, text, and assessment questions to explore how light is used to determine blood oxygen saturation.
Healthy Cardiovascular Function, Optical Imaging
Refractive Index, Total Internal Reflection, Optical Instruments, Diffraction Through One Slit, Interference From Two Sources, Gratings, Photons, Lasers
Ellynne Kutschera
Ralf Widenhorn
+ 1 more
Body Composition Measurement
Student reading, Instructor supplement, Video, Pre-class assignment, Restricted access, HomeworkThis curriculum uses videos, text, and assessment questions to explore the physics concepts behind body composition analysis.
Radiographic Imaging, Nuclear Imaging, Optical Imaging, Electrical Diagnostics, Pressure & Fluid Diagnostics, Physical Exam, Biotribology, Metabolism
Applications of Newton's Laws, AC Circuits, Statics of Fluids, Archimedes' Principle, Density and Buoyancy, Isothermal Processes, Adiabatic Processes, Photons, Impedance, RLC Circuits - AC
Ellynne Kutschera
Priya Jamkhedkar
+ 1 more
Endoscopy
Student reading, Instructor supplement, Video, Pre-class assignment, Restricted access, HomeworkCurriculum uses videos, text, and assessment questions to explore how optics are used in endoscopy to observe interior cavities of the body.
Optical Imaging, Surgery
Medical Physics, Resonance, Simple Harmonic Motion, Driven Mechanical Resonance, Transverse Pulses and Waves, Standing Waves, Reflection, Refraction, Transmission, Transfer of Energy in Waves, Straight Line Propagation, Reflection - Flat Surfaces, Reflection - Curved Surfaces, Refractive Index, Refraction - Flat Surfaces, Total Internal Reflection, Rainbow, Thin Lens, Blackbodies, Dispersion
Ellynne Kutschera
Priya Jamkhedkar
+ 1 more
Positron Emission Tomography (PET)
Student reading, Instructor supplement, Video, Pre-class assignment, Restricted access, HomeworkThis curriculum uses videos, text, and assessment questions covering the use of radioactive compounds for imaging the human body.
Biomedical Imaging, Nuclear Imaging, Radiographic Imaging
Modern Physics, Atomic Physics, Nuclear Physics, Elementary Particles, Medical Physics, Radioactivity, Nuclear Reactions, Particle Detectors
Priya Jamkhedkar
Ralf Widenhorn
LASIK
Student reading, Instructor supplement, Video, Pre-class assignment, Restricted access, HomeworkThis curriculum uses videos, text, and assessment questions to describe optics and how lasers are used in the surgical procedure, LASIK.
Optical Imaging, Surgery, Light Therapy, Optometry, Animal Adaptations, Vision Impairments
Reflection - Curved Surfaces, Refractive Index, Thin Lens, Synthesis and Analysis of Color, Lasers
Ellynne Kutschera
Priya Jamkhedkar
+ 1 more
Microscopy
Student reading, Instructor supplement, Video, Pre-class assignment, Restricted access, HomeworkCurriculum uses videos, text, and assessment questions to explain how optics are used in basic microscopy and improve diagnostic imaging.
Optical Imaging
Optics, Geometrical Optics, Diffraction, Polarization, Modern Optics, Reflection - Flat Surfaces, Reflection - Curved Surfaces, Refractive Index, Thin Lens, Thick Lens, Optical Instruments, Diffraction Around Objects, Physical Optics
Ellynne Kutschera
Priya Jamkhedkar
+ 1 more
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