Medical Physics

... Kayleigh Martin 12WV Medical Physics Introduction Physics has become an important part of medicine allowing specialist doctors and radiographers to rapidly access a patient's condition and to help in long-term diagnosis. This enables doctor's to treat the patient before their condition deteriorates. This would not be possible without the use of X-rays, CAT scans, MRI scans, ultrasound and endoscopes, which allow doctors to see inside the body with little or no surgery. Without such equipment doctors would be forced to use invasive techniques, which could cause patients more harm as it increases the risk of infection. Within my project I hope to explain what the different pieces of medical equipment, which use physics are and how they work. X-ray machines What is an X-ray? X-rays are virtually the same thing as visible light rays. They are both wavelike forms of electromagnetic energy carried by particles called photons. The main difference between the two is the wavelength

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