Medical Physics is a branch of Applied Physics, pursued by medical physicists, that uses physics principles, methods and techniques in practice and research for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of human diseases with a specific goal of improving human health and well-being.

Medical physics may further be classified into a number of sub-fields (specialties), including Radiation Oncology Physics, Medical Imaging Physics, Nuclear Medicine Physics, Medical Health Physics (Radiation Protection in Medicine), Non-ionizing Medical Radiation Physics, and Physiological Measurement.

It is also closely linked to neighbouring sciences such as Biophysics, Biological Physics, and Health Physics.

Medical Physicist

Medical physicists contribute to the effectiveness of radiological imaging procedures by assuring radiation safety and helping to develop improved imaging techniques (e.g., mammography CT, MR, ultrasound). They contribute to development of therapeutic techniques (e.g., prostate implants, stereotactic radiosurgery), collaborate with radiation oncologists to design treatment plans, and monitor equipment and procedures to ensure that cancer patients receive the prescribed dose of radiation to the correct location.

Types of Medical Physicist

• Therapeutic medical physics.
• Diagnostic medical physics.
• Nuclear medical physics.
• Medical health physics.
• Magnetic resonance imaging physics.

     Scope of practice

      Medical physicists work with doctors, nurses, technicians, and patients. They have three main components of work: clinical service and consultation, research and development, and teaching. A medical physicist might:                        

1. Plan radiation treatments for cancer patients
2. Study how radiation effects the body
3. Ensure equipment is safe, effective, and working properly
4. Develop new safety procedures
5. Consult with physician colleagues
6. Research new treatment options for cancer, heart disease, or mental illness
7. Teach and train future medical physicists, residents, and medical students

Health physics

Health physics is also known as radiation safety or radiation protection. Health physics is the applied physics of radiation protection for health and health care purposes. It is the science concerned with the recognition, evaluation, and control of health hazards to permit the safe use and application of ionizing radiation. Health physics professionals promote excellence in the science and practice of radiation protection and safety.

• Background radiation
• Radiation protection
• Dosimetry
• Health physics
• Radiological protection of patients

Journal of Medical Physics and Applied Sciences is an academic journal and aims to publish most complete and reliable source of information on the discoveries and current developments in the mode of original articles, review articles, case reports, short communications, etc. in all areas of the field and making them freely available through online without any restrictions or any other subscriptions to researchers worldwide. The journal selects the articles to be published with a single bind, peer review system, following the practices of good scholarly journals. It supports the open access policy of making scientific research accessible to one and all. 

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