- Docente: Ivan Corazza
- Credits: 2
- SSD: FIS/07
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
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Corso:
First cycle degree programme (L) in
Neurophysiopathology techniques (cod. 8482)
Also valid for First cycle degree programme (L) in Dietistic (cod. 8470)
First cycle degree programme (L) in Biomedical Laboratory techniques (cod. 8484)
First cycle degree programme (L) in Midwifery (cod. 9201)
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, the student will know the fundamentals of mechanics, thermology and thermodynamic, electromagnetism, waves and oscillations and their main applications to biological phenomena and medical instrumentations and procedures.
Course contents
Scientific method
Fundamental physical quantities, measurement units and errors
Scalar quantities and vectors
Kinematics (speed, velocity, acceleration)
Newton’s laws of motion, dynamics (force and acceleration),
Kinetic and Potential Energy
Equilibrium
Rotational motion
Matter (solid, liquid and gas)
Hydrostatic pressure
Superficial tension and related phenomena
Viscosity and its consequences
Laminar flow
Turbulent flow
Sphere falling in a fluid (Stokes Law)
Not-viscous fluids
Solutions and concentrations
Diffusion
Osmosis
Thermology and thermodynamics
Heat transfer
Temperature
Gas
Ideal gas and equation of state
Thermodynamic processes
Kinetic theory of gases
Entropy
Electromagnetism
Electric charge and field
Energy and potential difference
Electric current (Ohm’s laws)
Joule heating
Magnetic field
Movement of charges in a magnetic field (Lorentz Force)
Time-varying electromagnetic fields
Electrical transformer
Varying currents and potential differences
AC and DC adapters
Bioelectrical signals and their acquisition
ECG and related problems
Electrical safety for patients and operators
Defibrillator
Oscillations and wave
Sound and sound perception
Geometrical Optics (lens and eye)
Fourier’s Theorem
Pressure measurements
Atoms and atomic models
Photoelectric effect
RX production
Electromagnetic radiation and its interactions with matter
Laser
Atom’s nucleus
Radioactivity and its laws
Ionizing radiations and their interactions with matter
Ionizing radiations in hospital
Dosimetry (basic concepts)
Readings/Bibliography
Romano Zannoli, Ivan Corazza
Elementi di fisica (nuova edizione)
Società Editrice Esculapio
Teaching methods
The course is made up of lectures with the support of Power Point presentations.
Assessment methods
The exam will be a multiple-choice quiz. An oral examination will be performed only if necessary. The final score will be weighted averaged with the scores of the other modules, to obtain the global grade.
Office hours
See the website of Ivan Corazza