From X-rays to lasers and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), advances in physics research have transformed into medical technologies for imaging, surgery, and therapy at an ever-accelerating pace. 

Physics has now merged with genetics and molecular biology to define much of the current data in modern medicine and health-related topics. Covering a wide range of applications, Introduction to the Physics of Modern Medicine, Third Edition builds on the successful second edition. Based on courses taught by the authors, the book provides medical personnel/health professionals and health science students with an exploration of physics-related applications encountered in modern medical centers. Without requiring prior familiarity with physics, biology, or chemistry and keeping mathematics to a minimum, the chapters dedicated to applications follow simple and self-contained qualitative explanations using examples, images, clinical applications, sample calculations, and exercises.

With increased emphasis on digital imaging and computers in medicine, the text gives readers a fundamental understanding of the practical application of each concept and the basic science underlying it. This book offers medical students an excellent introduction to how physics is applied in medicine, while also providing physics students with an introduction to medical physics.