PHYSICS AND STATISTICS

Fabrizio BARONE PHYSICS AND STATISTICS

1012500001
DIPARTIMENTO DI MEDICINA, CHIRURGIA E ODONTOIATRIA "SCUOLA MEDICA SALERNITANA"
EQF6
IMAGING AND RADIOTHERAPY TECHNIQUES
2016/2017

OBBLIGATORIO
YEAR OF COURSE 1
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2014
PRIMO SEMESTRE
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
1SCIENZE FISICO-STATISTICHE - MOD FISICA GENERALE
336LESSONS
2SCIENZE FISICO-STATISTICHE - MOD MISURE ELETTRICHE ED ELETTRONICHE
224LESSONS
3SCIENZE FISICO-STATISTICHE - MOD STATISTICA MEDICA
224LESSONS
4SCIENZE FISICO-STATISTICHE - MOD SISTEMA DI ELABORAZIONE DELLE INFORMAZIONI
224LESSONS
Objectives
MODULE GENERAL PHYSICS

THE STUDENT WILL ACQUIRE KNOWLEDGE OF THE MAIN ISSUES OF PHYSICS CRITICALLY UNDERSTANDING ALSO LIMITS OF VALIDITY AND APPLICABILITY IN REAL CONTEXTS (KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING).

THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY APPLY THE MODELS OF PHYSICS TO QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE DESCRIPTION OF REAL CASES IN INTERDISCIPLINARY CONTEXTS OF INTEREST TO THE DEGREE COURSE, ALSO IN CONNECTION TO THEIR INTRINSIC APPROXIMATIONS (APPLIED KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING).

THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO INTEGRATE THE NECESSARY KNOWLEDGE AND MANAGE THE COMPLEXITY OF THE INFORMATION IN THE APPLICATION OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF PHYSICS (INDEPENDENT JUDGMENT).

THE STUDENT WILL ACQUIRE THE ABILITY TO PRESENT TOPICS COVERED IN THE COURSE OF PHYSICS WITH PROPERTIES AND SIMPLICITY OF LANGUAGE, AIMED ALSO TO A CLEAR AND EFFECTIVE TRANSMISSION OF CONTENTS AND RESULTS IN INTERDISCIPLINARY CONTEXTS (COMMUNICATION).

THE STUDENT WILL ACQUIRE SKILLS ALLOWING HIM TO EXPANDING AND DEEPENING THE THEMES OF PHYSICS AND THEIR INTERDISCIPLINARY APPLICATIONS IN AN AUTONOMOUS WAY (LEARNING SKILLS).



MODULE: ELECTRIC AND ELECTRONIC MEASUREMENTS

THE STUDENT WILL UNDERSTAND THE BASICS OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC MEASURES NEEDED TO COMPLETE THE BASIC TRAINING OF A FUTURE GRADUATE IN TECHNIQUES OF MEDICAL RADIOLOGY. IN PARTICULAR, THE STUDENT WILL ACQUIRE THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE THEORY OF MEASUREMENT AND ELECTRIC AND ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS AND CIRCUITS OF INTEREST FOR MEASURING INSTRUMENTS. IN CONNECTION WITH THE LAWS OF PHYSICS UPON THESE INSTRUMENTS ARE BASED, THE STUDENT WILL ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THE LIMITS OF VALIDITY AND USE IN REAL CONTEXTS AND EVALUATE POSSIBLE EXISTING ALTERNATIVES (KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING).

THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THE DIVERSITY OF THE EQUIPMENTS FOR ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC MEASUREMENT THAT ARE MOST WIDESPREAD IN REAL AND INTERDISCIPLINARY CONTEXT OF INTEREST FOR THE COURSE OF STUDY, CHECK OPERATING CONDITIONS IN THE CONTEXT WHERE THOSE INSTRUMENTS MAY BE USED. THE STUDENT WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO ASSESS THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF THE STUDIED SOLUTIONS AND THE EXPECTED QUALITY OF THE RESULTS WITH RESPECT TO MEASUREMENT ERRORS (APPLIED KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING).

THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO INTEGRATE THE SKILLS NEEDED IN THE ACQUISITION AND USE OF ALL INSTRUMENTS FOR BASIC ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC MEASUREMENTS IN ORDER TO MAKE ASSESSMENTS AND QUESTIONS, ALSO ON THE BASIS OF LIMITED OR INCOMPLETE INFORMATION, AND MANAGE THE RESPONSIBILITIES RELATED TO THE ADOPTION AND APPLICATION OF MEASURING INSTRUMENTS (JUDGEMENT).

THE STUDENT WILL GAIN THE ABILITY TO EXPOSE THE TOPICS OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC MEASURES WITH EASE AND PROFICIENCY OF LANGUAGE, EVEN IN THE PRESENCE OF NON-EXPERTS (COMMUNICATION SKILLS).

THE STUDENT WILL GAIN THE ABILITY TO EXTEND AND DEEPEN THE KNOWLEDGE OF ELECTRIC AND ELECTRONIC MEASUREMENTS AND ITS INDEPENDENT APPLICATIONS IN DIFFERENT CONTEXT (ABILITY TO LEARN).
Prerequisites
BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF MATHEMATICS
Contents
MODULE 1 – GENERAL PHYSICS

INTRODUCTION: THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD; PHYSICAL QUANTITIES; SYSTEMS OF UNITS OF MEASUREMENT.

MECHANICS OF SOLIDS: VELOCITY AND ACCELERATION; LINEAR MOTION; CIRCULAR MOTION; PRINCIPLES OF DYNAMICS; GRAVITATIONAL FORCE; WEIGHT FORCE; SPRING FORCE; CONSTRAINTS AND CONSTRAINT FORCES; FRICTIONAL FORCES; WORK; ENERGY; THEOREM OF KINETIC ENERGY; MECHANICAL ENERGY AND ITS CONSERVATION.

MECHANICS OF LIQUIDS: PROPERTIES; PRESSURE; STEVIN'S LAW; ARCHIMEDES' PRINCIPLE; PASCAL'S PRINCIPLE; CONTINUITY EQUATION; BERNOULLI'S THEOREM; TORRICELLI’S THEOREM; REAL LIQUIDS.

MECHANICS OF GASES: TEMPERATURE AND HEAT; MECHANISMS OF HEAT TRANSFER; IDEAL GAS LAW; PRINCIPLES OF THERMODYNAMICS; ACOUSTIC WAVES; VELOCITY OF PROPAGATION; DOPPLER EFFECT; ULTRASOUNDS.

ELECTROMAGNETICS: ELECTRIC CHARGE; COULOMB'S LAW; ELECTRIC FIELD; FIELD LINES; DIELECTRICS; ELECTRIC POLARIZATION; MAGNETS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; FORCES ON MOVING CHARGES; LORENTZ FORCE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES.

OPTICS: GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; REFLECTION AND REFRACTION; INDICES OF REFRACTION; TOTAL REFLECTION AND CRITICAL ANGLE; MIRRORS AND LENSES; THIN LENSES; LAW OF CONJUGATE POINTS.

APPLICATIONS: APPLICATIONS OF THE ABOVE TOPICS TO MAIN TOPICS OF THE COURSE.



MODULE: ELECTRIC AND ELECTRONIC MEASUREMENTS

MEASUREMENT THEORY: CONCEPT OF MEASURE, QUANTITIES AND UNITS OF MEASURE, ERROR ANALYSIS, UNCERTAINTY OF MEASUREMENT, CONTROL OF COMPLIANCE OF A MEASURE, CHARACTERISTICS OF MEASURING INSTRUMENTS.

ELECTRICAL MEASUREMENTS: ELECTRICAL PHENOMENA, CHARGE, CURRENT, VOLTAGE, RESISTANCE, ANALYSIS OF ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS IN DIRECT CURRENT MODE, ELECTRICAL CAPACITY AND CAPACITORS, CHARGE AND DISCHARGE OF A CAPACITOR (RC CIRCUIT), VOLTAGES AND CURRENTS IN ALTERNATING CURRENT MODE, MAGNETIC PHENOMENA: MAGNETIC FIELD AND FLOW, MAGNETIC INDUCTION, AUTO-INDUCTION, INDUCTORS, CHARGE AND DISCHARGE OF AN INDUCTOR (RL CIRCUIT), RLC AND RESONANT CIRCUITS IN ALTERNATING CURRENT MODE (IMPEDANCE), MUTUAL INDUCTION AND COUPLED CIRCUITS.

ELECTRONIC MEASUREMENTS: SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS, FEATURES AND DOPING, DIODE JUNCTION, DIODE ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTIC, RECTIFIER CIRCUITS (SINGLE AND FULL WAVE), BIPOLAR JUNCTION TRANSISTOR, TRANSISTOR ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTIC, AMPLIFIERS, SWITCHES AND DIGITAL CIRCUITS, OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIERS (CONFIGURATIONS).

INSTRUMENTS: OSCILLOSCOPE, ANALOGUE MULTIMETER (GALVANOMETER), VOLTMETER AND AMPEROMETER, DIGITAL MULTIMETER FOR MEASURING VOLTAGE, CURRENT AND RESISTANCE, ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTERS.

MODULE: PROCESSING SYSTEMS

COMPUTER SCIENCE (BASICS AND DEFINITIONS AND): ALGORITHMS, DATA, CODING, PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES, DATABASES, DIGITAL SIGNALS AND IMAGES.

HARDWARE & SOFTWARE: COMPUTER TYPES, COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE, OPERATING SYSTEM AND BASE SOFTWARE.

APPLICATIONS AND DOCUMENTS OF COMMON USE: BASIC AND ADVANCED FUNCTIONS OF THE SPREADSHEET, USE THE SPREADSHEET FOR DESCRIPTIVE AND INFERENTIAL STATISTICS AND FOR DATA ANALYSIS.

COMPUTER NETWORKS: ARCHITECTURES AND COMMUNICATION PROTOCOLS, INTERNET AND E-MAIL, SEARCH ENGINES.

INFORMATION SYSTEMS: DATABASES AND BIBLIOGRAPHIC SEARCHES IN BIOMEDICINE.
Teaching Methods
THEORETICAL LECTURES AND PRACTICE
Verification of learning
WRITTEN AND ORAL ASSESSMENT
Texts
MODULE 1 - GENERAL PHYSICS

R.A. SERWAY, J.W. JEWETT, PRINCIPI DI FISICA, ED. EDISES, NAPOLI.

DESMOND M.BURNS, SIMON G.G. MACDONALD, FISICA PER STUDENTI DI BIOLOGIA E MEDICINA, ZANICHELLI.

LECTURES NOTES.


MODULES 2 AND 3

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: THE BREAKING WAVE
CURTIN, FOLEY, SEN, MORIN

LECTURE NOTES
More Information
MODULE 1 - GENERAL PHYSICS

FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION ON THE PROGRAM, NOTICES AND COMMUNICATIONS ABOUT THE COURSE OF PHYSICS, REFER TO THE WEBSITE OF THE PROFESSOR:

PROF. FABRIZIO BARONE

HTTP://WWW.UNISA.IT/DOCENTI/FABRIZIOBARONE/INDEX

MODULE 2 AND 3

FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION ON THE PROGRAM, NOTICES AND COMMUNICATIONS ABOUT THE COURSE OF PHYSICS, REFER TO THE WEBSITE OF THE PROFESSOR:

PROF. FABRIZIO ESPOSITO


HTTP://WWW.UNISA.IT/DOCENTI/FABRIZIOESPOSITO/INDEX
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