Medical Physics in the Electromagnetic Spectrum

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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 mobile phones

• infra red for pulse oximetry, measuring blood flow and thermal imaging

• visible light for endoscopy, a scanning laser opthalmoscope, photodynamic therapy and in treating jaundice

• X-rays in imaging, CT-scans and radiotherapy

URL: http://stem.org.uk/rx368

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