The use of physical phenomena, methodologies, and procedures in clinical and research settings has changed the medical science profession in terms of improving human health and well-being.
Physics is a biological science that investigates matter, its fundamental components, motion and behavior in space and time, as well as energy and force. Having that said, many would think about the way it would be related to medicine. Let’s discover it below!
Exploring Medical Physics
Medical physics is a subfield of applied physics that applies physical sciences to the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of human diseases.
Magnetic resonance imaging, ionizing radiation measurement, and the application of physics-based technologies, such as lasers and ultrasound, in medicine are all areas of medical physics.
X-rays and CT Scans
In X-rays, planer pictures are created when signals from a small X-ray beam cross the directly impacted area of interest. To evaluate dynamic processes, cross-sectional X-ray pictures obtained through repeated scanning are digitally layered to produce high-resolution, three-dimensional, or four-dimensional computed tomography (CT) images.
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
MRI is a non-invasive medical imaging technique that produces images of tissues and organs of high-quality three-dimensional type through a strong, static magnetic field with computer-induced radio waves.
Ultrasound
Ultrasound is a source of high sound waves that produce non-invasive imaging of various tissues and organs.
Nuclear Medicine
Radioactive probes can be used in nuclear medicine to study physiological processes.
Radiation Therapy
Radiation therapy is a treatment that uses ionizing radiation to kill cancer cells inside the body.