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Electrocardiagrams

This resource from the Institute of Physics, describes how electrocardiagrams (ECGs) record the activity of the heart through electrodes placed on a patient's skin. The teacher's notes contain an introduction to ECGs and lesson notes for the associated PowerPoint file. A mark scheme for the worksheet is also...

Gamma Cameras

This resource from the Institute of Physics (IOP), describes how cameras sensitive to gamma radiation can be used to image the body. The video, taken from an IOP Schools and Colleges lecture, briefly describes the history of the discovery of radioactivity and how the first particle accelerators could be used to...

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

This resource from the Institute of Physics (IOP), describes magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the body. The magnetic resonance imaging video, taken from an IOP Schools and Colleges lecture, uses analogies with sound to describe how the resonant frequencies of protons within the body can be used to produce...

Making a Difference - Engineering Careers in Medicine

This inspirational film shows medical engineers explaining why they enjoy their jobs and how the work they do improves the quality of life of many patients. The careers covered in the film include:

*A trainee clinical scientist who is working in designability at Bath Institute of Medical Engineering...

Making a Difference - Physics and Engineering Careers in Medicine

This inspirational video introduces students to a range of careers in medical physics, the variety of routes that can lead to careers in this field and why people enjoy their roles. The careers covered in the film include:

Radiotherapy physicist. Trainee rehabilitation engineer. Clinical scientist....

Making a Difference - Physics Careers in Medicine

This inspirational video introduces students to a range of careers in medical physics, the variety of routes that can lead to careers in this field and why people enjoy their roles. The careers covered in the film include:

*Radiotherapy physicist

*Medical physicist specialising in medical imaging...

Medical Physics

The Institute of Physics's Medical Physics Group has produced a set of teaching materials which can be used to teach medical physics at GCSE/Standard level in schools. Much of the material is appropriate to use for A-level medical physics options.

The Institute's Teaching Medical Physics resources, that...

Medical Physics

This text, produced by both the Institute of Physics (IOP) and the Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine (IPEM), gives information on the development and uses of medical physics.

The book covers a wide range of topics and includes chapters on:

* history

* ionising radiation

*...

Medical Physics and Radioactivity

This resource, developed by the Institute of Physics (IOP) and the Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine (IPEM), contains a presentation and teachers' notes with worksheets. It illustrates the uses of radioactivity in medicine.

The presentation describes:

* different types of radioactivity...

Medical Physics in the Electromagnetic Spectrum

This resource, produced by the Institute of Physics and the Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine (IPEM), contains a presentation and teachers' notes with worksheets. It illustrates the uses of different parts of the electromagnetic spectrum.

The materials show the use of:

* radio waves for...

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