Physics module 29 · Put your knowledge to work
Medical Physics Applications
Practise attenuation, impedance, tracer, and imaging problems.
6 problem sets · Learn at your pace · Some resources require membership
From understanding to problem solving.Your next step
Choose a problem set
Start with a familiar topic, then work towards more demanding problems.
6 of 6 sets
- 01Problem studio
X-Ray Imaging Problems
λmin = hc/eV, tube power and anode heat, exponential attenuation, and half-value thickness.
Open practice - 02Problem studio
CT Scanning Problems
Voxel arithmetic, slice data budgets, dose comparisons, and attenuation summed along rays.
Open practice - 03Problem studio
Ultrasound Imaging Problems
Z = ρc, reflection coefficients, coupling gel, echo depths d = vt/2, and frequency trade-offs.
Open practice - 04Problem studio
Nuclear Medicine and PET Problems
Tc-99m half-life ledgers, appointment activities, 511 keV annihilation photons, and coincidence timing.
Open practice - 05Problem studio
MRI Problems
Precession frequencies, radio-frequency photon energies, gradient encoding, and why MRI never ionises.
Open practice - 06Problem studio
Medical Physics Calculus Problems
dI/dx = −μI, deriving half-value thickness, effective decay rates, and dose integrals.
Open practice
Review the foundations 6 related lessons
Extra challenging questions
Take the ideas further with course-specific extension questions, supplied-data graphs and worked solutions.