WJEC A-level Physics A420QS · C3.B
Option B: Medical Physics
- Code
- C3.B
- In
- C3 Component 3: Light, Nuclei and Options
- Course
- A-level Physics A420QS
- Board
- WJEC
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Points under C3.B
- C3.B(a) The nature and properties of X-rays
- C3.B(b) Production of X-ray spectra
- C3.B(c) X-rays in therapy and diagnosis
- C3.B(d) Attenuation of X-rays
- C3.B(e) X-ray imaging of soft tissue and fluoroscopy
- C3.B(f) Techniques of radiography including using digital image receptors
- C3.B(g) The use of a rotating beam X-ray computed tomography (CT) scanner
- C3.B(h) The generation and detection of ultrasound using piezoelectric transducers
- C3.B(i) Ultrasound A-scans and B-scans
- C3.B(j) Acoustic impedance
- C3.B(k) Doppler ultrasound and blood flow
- C3.B(l) Principles of magnetic resonance imaging
- C3.B(m) The use of MRI in obtaining diagnostic information about internal structures
- C3.B(n) Comparing ultrasound, X-ray imaging and MRI
- C3.B(o) The effects of α, β, and γ radiation on living matter
- C3.B(p) Absorbed, equivalent and effective dose
- C3.B(q) Equivalent and effective dose equations
- C3.B(r) Radionuclides as tracers; technetium-99m
- C3.B(s) The gamma camera
- C3.B(t) Positron emission tomography (PET) scanning and its use in detecting tumours
Points in C3 Component 3: Light, Nuclei and Options
- C3.1 The Nature of Waves
- C3.2 Wave Properties
- C3.3 Refraction of Light
- C3.4 Photons
- C3.5 Lasers
- C3.6 Nuclear Decay
- C3.7 Particles and Nuclear Structure
- C3.8 Nuclear Energy
- C3.9 Magnetic Fields
- C3.10 Electromagnetic Induction
- C3.A Option A: Alternating Currents
- C3.B Option B: Medical Physics
- C3.C Option C: The Physics of Sports
- C3.D Option D: Energy and the Environment