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AQA 3.10 Medical Physics (A-level only)
3.10.1 Physics of the eye (A-level only)
- 3.10.1.1 Physics of vision
- 3.10.1.2 Defects of vision and their correction using lenses
3.10.2 Physics of the ear (A-level only)
- 3.10.2.1 Ear as a sound detection system
- 3.10.2.2 Sensitivity and frequency response
- 3.10.2.3 Defects of hearing
3.10.3 Biological measurement (A-level only)
- 3.10.3.1 Simple ECG machines and the normal ECG waveform
3.10.4 Non-ionising imaging (A-level only)
- 3.10.4.1 Ultrasound imaging
- 3.10.4.2 Fibre optics and endoscopy
- 3.10.4.3 Magnetic resonance
3.10.5 X-ray imaging (A-level only)
- 3.10.5.1 The physics of diagnostic X-rays
- 3.10.5.2 Image detection and enhancement
- 3.10.5.3 Absorption of X-rays
- 3.10.5.4 CT scanner
3.10.6 Radionuclide imaging and therapy (A-level only)
- 3.10.6.1 Imaging techniques
- 3.10.6.2 Half-life
- 3.10.6.3 Gamma camera
- 3.10.6.4 Use of high-energy X-rays
- 3.10.6.5 Use of radioactive implants
- 3.10.6.6 Imaging comparisons