Physics for Medicine and Biology
生醫物理
Instructor: Win-Li Lin*, Institute of Biomedical Engineering
Time: Thursday 14:20-17:20
Classroom: College of Medicine # 504

一、課程簡介:
1.Biomechanics: Equilibrium, forces on hip, stress and strain, hydrostatics, viscosity and viscous flow, etc.
2.Exponential growth and decay:
3.System of many particles: Microstates and macrostates, energy of a system, thermal equilibrium, entropy, Boltzmann factor, Nernst equation, chemical potential, Gibbs free energy, etc.
4.Transport in an infinite medium: Flux, continuity, solvent drag, diffusion, etc.
5.Transport through neutral membranes: Membrane, osmotic pressure, solute transport, artificial kidney, etc.
6.Impulses in nerve and muscle cells: Properties of nerves, electric field, charge distribution, leakage current, nerve impulse, electrotonus, Hodgkin-Huxley model, propagation, etc.
7.The exterior potential and the electrocardiogram
8.Biomagnetism
9.Electricity and magnetism at the cellular level
10.Biofeedback and control

二.參考書目:
1.Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology, 3rd Edition, Hobbie RK, AIP Press, 1997.
2.The physical basis of Biochemistry: The Foundations of Molecular Biophysics, Bergethon PR, Springer-Verlag, 1998.

Win-Li Lin: Received a Ph.D. from the University of Arizona, USA, in 1990. From 1990-1992, he was a researcher at the Industrial Technology Research Institute, developing ultrasound diagnostic equipment. In 1992, he joined the faculty of The Center (Institute) of Biomedical Engineering, National Taiwan University and became a full professor in 2001. He has been interested in biomedical engineering research, particularly in the areas: a) ultrasound hyperthermia, ultrasound thermal therapy/surgery, and the development of high-power ultrasound devices for cancer therapy or other medical uses; b) acoustic biosensor for molecular recognition; c) biophysics.