Physics education in secondary schools can include biophysics topics as electives. An open simulation based on a simulation like Minecraft for learning the workings of the action potential in human cells was designed and tested for students in upper secondary physics education. In small design and test cycles both the simulation engine and the…

Biological organisms function as the result of a multitude of complex physical systems all interacting with one another at different length scales and over different time scales. At stages of education below university undergraduate level, this complexity often prevents the discussion of physics within a biological context, subtly implying that…

In this paper the muscular activity will be treated from a physical point of view, considering the main physical parameters that can be quantified. A brief and simple theoretical treatment will be followed by some homeworks for students. The problems have a difficulty degree typical of an undergraduate class, and the arguments have been chosen…

Improving the scientific literacy of non-scientists is an important aim, both because of the ever-increasing impact of science on our lives and because understanding science enriches our experience of the natural world. One route to improving scientific literacy is via general education undergraduate courses--i.e. courses for students not majoring…

Reviews the role of the radiotherapy branch of medical physics. (SL)

Reviews the use of the x-ray computerised axial tomographic (CT) method of making pictures of internal structures of the human body. (SL)

Presents a brief view of the field of medical physics and brief summary of other articles appearing in this journal issue pertaining to medical physics. (SL)

Reviews the diagnostic and therapeutic uses of radioactive materials in nuclear medicine. (SL)

Reviews electrostatic imaging and xeroradiography techniques in diagnostic radiology. (SL)

Reviews the use of ultrasonic techniques for obtaining images of the internal conditions of the human body. (SL)

Careers in medical physics are discussed. Considers types of hospital departments and responsibilities in same for medical physicists and the education/training needed to enter the field. Indicates that the field is not large and that opportunities to enter it are keenly contested. (JN)

Describes and outlines medical-physics courses that are taken in parallel with physics courses and designed for the medical physicist. (GA)

Reviews the electronic instrumentation utilized in the medical measurement of oxygen concentration, blood oxygen, brain viability, and fluid balance. (SL)

Reviews electronic instruments utilized in medicine for temperature measurement, pressure measurement, and flow measurement. (SL)