Preface -- Part I Physics of the Body -- 1 Breathing and Metabolism -- Overview -- 1.1 Breathing -- 1.2 Human Elevation Limits -- 1.3 Oxygen Transfer in the Brain -- 1.4 Photosynthesis -- 1.5 Erythrocytes: Oxygen Transport in the Body -- 1.6 Network Theory of the Human Breathing Apparatus -- 1.7 Transport Phenomena at the Cell Membrane -- 1.8 DielectricMeasurement of Exocytosis Processes -- 1.9 Diffusion and Scale Qualities -- 2 Biomechanics -- Overview -- 2.1 Achilles Tendon -- 2.2 Bone Structures of the Ulna and Radius -- 2.3 Ski Bindings -- 2.4 Elasticity of the Vertebrae -- 2.5 Lifting a Patient -- 2.6 Animal Proportions -- 2.7 Bones of Uniform Strength -- 2.8 Lifting Weights -- 3 Fluid Dynamics of the Circulatory System -- Overview -- 3.1 From the Aorta to the Capillaries -- 3.2 The Blood as a Power Fluid -- 3.3 Branching -- 3.4 Bypass -- 3.5 Hemorheometry Using a Rotating Sphere Viscometer -- 3.6 Flow Coefficients -- 3.7 Narrowing of the Aorta -- 3.8 Stepwise Narrowing of the Aorta -- 3.9 Blood Pressure in the Aorta -- 3.10 Pulsatile Blood Flow663.11 Cardiac Output -- 3.12 Mitral Valve Opening Surface -- 3.13 Dialysis -- 4 The Senses -- Overview -- 4.1 Information Processing -- 4.2 Glasses -- 4.3 Geometry of Glasses Lenses -- 4.4 Optical Illusions -- 4.5 Retina Implantation -- 4.6 Threshold of Vision of the Human Eye -- 4.7 Visual Angle and Resolution -- 4.8 The Aphakic Eye -- 4.9 Threshold of Hearing, and Thermal Motion in Comparison -- 4.10 Sound Propagation -- 4.11 Loudspeakers -- 4.12 Threshold of Hearing -- 4.13 Sound Interference with Point Sources -- 4.14 Echolocation -- 4.15 Impedance Matching -- 4.16 Acoustic Pain Threshold -- 5 Electric Currents, Fields, and Potential -- Overview -- 5.1 Nerve Conduction in the Giant Axons of Squid -- 5.2 Nerve Stimulation.

5.3 Electrical Model of a Cell Membrane -- 5.4 Measurement of Cell Membrane Potentials -- 5.5 EKG and Cardiac Dipole -- 5.6 Electric Shock -- 6 Heat -- Overview -- 6.1 Skiwear -- 6.2 Heat Loss -- Part II The Physics of Diagnostics and Therapy -- 7 X-Ray Diagnostics and Computer Tomography -- Overview -- 7.1 Bouguer-Lambert Law1167.2 X-Ray Tubes -- 7.3 Spectrum of an X-Ray Tube -- 7.4 Intensity Attenuation -- 7.5 Contrast -- 7.6 Scattered Radiation -- 7.7 Quantum Noise of an X-Ray Image Intensifier -- 7.8 Fourier Reconstruction of an Image -- 7.9 Radon Transform of a Circular Object -- 7.10 Beam Hardening and Partial Volume Artifacts in CT -- 7.11 Modulation Transfer Function of a CT Scanner -- 8 Ultrasound -- Overview -- 8.1 Doppler Ultrasound -- 8.2 Impedance Matching for Sound Waves -- 8.3 Bats -- 8.4 Ultrasound Transducer Array -- 8.5 Material of an Ultrasonic Lens -- 8.6 Measurement of the Lens of the Eye using Ultrasonic Pulse-Echo Technique -- 8.7 Ultrasound Transducers -- 9 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance -- Overview -- 9.1 Zeeman Effect and Nuclear Spin Resonance -- 9.2 Magnetization and its Relaxation -- 9.3 NMR Pulses and the Rotating Coordinate System -- 9.4 Fat Signal Suppression through Inversion Recovery -- 9.5 Gradient Echo -- 9.6 Contrast in MRI Imaging -- 9.7 BOLD -- 9.8 FOV and Resolution -- 9.9 Slice Selection -- 9.10 Longitudinal Relaxation Time -- 9.11 Frequency and Phase Encoding -- 9.12 Gradient Strength and Field of View (FOV) -- 9.13 Muscle Stimulation Using Pulsed Gradients -- 9.14 Multislice Technique In Spin-Echo Procedure -- 9.15 Turbo Spin-Echo Sequences -- 9.16 Radiation Protection inMRI (HF Absorption) -- 10 Nuclear Diagnostics and Positron Emission Tomography -- Overview -- 10.1 Decay Reaction -- 10.2 Age of a Mummy -- 10.3 Iodine -- 10.4 Photomultiplier -- 10.5 Radionuclide Generator.

10.6 Positron Emission Tomography -- 11 Reconstruction Techniques -- Overview -- 11.1 Discrete Fourier Transform -- 11.2 Transfer Function -- 11.3 Filtered Back Projection -- 12 Radiation Medicine and Protection -- Overview -- 12.1 Interactions of a High-Energy Primary Photon -- 12.2 Pair Production in Radiation Therapy -- 12.3 Compton Scattering -- 12.4 Radiation Damage from Potassium -- 12.5 Lethal Energy Dose -- 12.6 Fatal Dose Equivalents -- 12.7 Dose Burden from Milk Consumption -- 13 Laser Therapy -- Overview -- 13.1 Lasers in Ophthalmology -- 13.2 Optical Sizing of Bacteria -- 13.3 Small Particles in Optical Tweezers -- A Constants, Material Parameters, and Values -- A.1 Table of Values -- B Relevant Literature -- B.1 Physics -- B.2 Medical Physics -- B.3 Mathematics -- B.4 Medicine, Biology, and Chemistry -- B.5 Manuscripts and Additional References.