The crisis of classical Physics
The black body radiation and the quantization of energy
The photoelectric effect, the photons and the corpuscular nature of light
The Compton effect
Bohr's atom and the quantization of energy levels of the atom
X-rays: x-ray generation: x-ray interaction with matter; image formation and characteristics; CT
The Laser
Nuclear forces
Radioactivity and radioactive decay; interactions with biological matter
The phenomenon of spin: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) - physical principles underlying NMR; relaxation times T1 and T2 and contrast; spatial encoding and construction of the NMR image. Functional MRI - construction of functional maps.
