SE 303. Introductory Biophysics
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Exponential growth and decay. Homogeneous function of two and more variables. Scaling laws in animal world. Chaos, Fractal nature of mammalian organs
Biomechanics. Statics and Human Anatomy. Mechanics of motion. Mechanistic view of Atheletic events
Fluid mechanics. Blood circulation and Reynold's number. Blood Pressure, electrocardiography and Hemodynamics
Heat Transfer. Energy from Metabolism. Kleiber's scaling Law
Electomagnetism at the cellular level, Impusles in nerve and muscle cells. The Hodgkin-Huxley equations. Biomagnetism.
Interaction of photons and charged particles with living matter.
Spectroscopic techniques applied to Biology. Microscopy. NMR, EPR, Scattering, Raman Spectroscopy, Ultra fast Spectroscopy, IR Spectroscopy, UV-Visible Absorption Spectroscopy, Fluorescence.
Medical use of X-rays. Nuclear medicine. Computerised Axial Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Optical Imaging.
- References :
- 'Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology', Russel K. Hobbie (Springer-Verlag, NY) 1997.
- 'Topics in Classical Biophysics', H.J. Metcalf (Prentice Hall, N.J.) 1972.
- 'Modeling Dynamic Phenomena in Molecular and Cellular Biology', Lee A. Seegel (Cambridge Univ. Press, London) 1984.
- ' Biological Spectroscopy', Ian Campbell and Raymond A. Dwek (Benjamin/Cummings Publishing Co.)
- Proposed by :
- Drs. V.A. Singh and A. Pradhan (Physics)