It is always
surprising when people look blank (here in Africa) when I tell them
what a medical physicist does, this led me to search the web in
order to ascertain if other people around the world knew what a
medical physicist does generally. I came across series of proofs that
really, people generally just don't know.
Let me shed some light.........
The Medical
physicists inhabit a diverse field, which include working in
hospitals, universities and in industry as service providers and
researchers.
Medical
physics is central to the treatment of
“cancer” with different types of radiation, from X-rays, protons
and heavy ions to ultrasound, and medical imaging techniques which
ranges from basic X-ray exposures to advanced modalities like
positron emission tomography. Medical
physicists provide radiation protection
services in hospitals and industry.
The field is
interdisciplinary, depending on their subfield, medical physicists
may use radio-biology, anatomy and physiology, cancer biology and
engineering in their daily work. And no medical physicist is an
island: they typically work in teams that can include medics,
radiation therapists, radiographers, nurses, engineers, technicians
and biologists.
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| Source: http://www.physics.uwa.edu.au |
This is only but a few of the stuff Medical
physicists are involved in.
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