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Physics Equations and Constants - Part 1

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  1. Compton Equation (Energy)
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  2. Compton Equation (Wavelength)
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  3. Capacitor
    • Q=CV
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  4. Resistor
    V=IR
  5. Inductor
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  6. Resistance
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    • R = resistance
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    • L = length
    • A = cross-sectional area
  7. Doppler Shift
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  8. T1/T2 images
    • T1 = fat bright
    • T2 = water/fluids bright
  9. Detector Dead Time Correction
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  10. Exposure to Kerma
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  11. Avogadro's number
    Na = 6.02x1023 atoms/mol
  12. Roentgen to C/kg
    R = 2.58x10-4 C/kg
  13. Curie to Bq
    1 Ci = 3.7x1010 Bq
  14. Kerma from attenuation coefficient
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  15. Bits to Bytes
    8 bits = 1 byte
  16. Transmission, Attenuation
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  17. kB, MB, GB, TB
    • kB = 210 bytes
    • MB = 220 bytes
    • GB = 230 bytes
    • TB = 240 bytes
  18. Radiation Protection Barrier Transmission
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  19. Film Gamma or Average Gradient
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  20. Electric Field and Voltage
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  21. Special Relativity
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  22. decibels
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  23. Radioactive Decay, Half Life
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  24. Magnification
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  25. Dose Equivalent, Effective Dose
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  26. Average energy of beta decay particle
    1/3 of the max energy
  27. Gyromagnetic Ratio and Larmor Frequency
    • Gyromagnetic ratio for protons (H in water): Image Upload 36
    • Larmor Frequency: Image Upload 37   or   Image Upload 38
  28. Survival Fraction (Single target, Single hit) (Multiple target, Single hit)
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  29. Ion Chamber Temperature and Pressure Correction
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  30. Transient Equilibrium Activity of Daughter
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    • Note: after about 4 Half-lives, the daughter is approximately in equilibrium with the parent. If branching ratio is 1, then the daughter has a slightly higher activity than the parent.
  31. Neutron beam activation saturation activity
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  32. Temperature Conversions (Celsius to Kelvin, Celsius to Fahrenheit)
    • T[K] = T[C] + 273.15
    • T[F] = 9/5 T[C] + 32
  33. MeV/c2 to amu conversion
    1amu = 931.5 MeV/c2
  34. Sensitivity and Specificity; ROC Curve
    • Sensitivity = TP/(TP+FN)
    • Specificity = TN/(TN+FP)
    • ROC Curve is Sensitivity vs (1-Specificity)
  35. Hounsfield Unit
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  36. Exposure from Gamma Constant
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  37. Fetal Dose Effects
    • During pre-implantation (1st week), the most likely result is death
    • During organogenesis (2-8 weeks), the most likely result is growth development and malformations
    • During early fetal stage (8-15 weeks), the most likely result is mental retardation
    • During mid to late fetal stage (15+ weeks), the most likely result is leukemia and other cancers
    • Threshold dose is likely around 10 cGy – 50 cGy
  38. What process competes with gamma ray emission?
    Internal conversion
  39. Optical Density Equation
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  40. What's the phase difference between the two surfaces of a piezoelectric crystal used in US?
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    • 90-degree phase difference
  41. Snell's Law
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  42. Speed of sound in fat and soft tissue?
    • In fat: 1450 m/s
    • In soft tissue: 1540 m/s
  43. Specific heat equation
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    • Fusion (change in state of matter): Image Upload 52
  44. Effective half life
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  45. What standard controls patient demography and billing info?
    HL7 (Health Level 7)
  46. What regulation controls patient anonymization?
    HIPAA
  47. What is the lower limit for a fringe field for MRI?
    5 Gauss = 0.5 mT
  48. An emission has only neutrino and characteristic x-ray, what's the decay scheme?
    Electron Capture
  49. If a gamma emission from a metastable state to stable state is forbidden, what's the alternative decay?
    Internal Conversion
  50. Focal Spot Blur
    Blur = spotsize*OID/SOD
  51. Secular equilibrium ratio of daughter to parent
    F = 1-(1/2)n where n is number of half lives
  52. Relation between HVL and TVL?
    TVL = 3.32 HVL
  53. Standard deviation values of Gaussian Distribution
    • +/-1 sigma = 68%
    • +/-2 sigma = 95%
    • +/-3 sigma = 99.7%
  54. Electron mass and charge
    • Mass = 9.1E-31 kg = 0.511MeV/c2
    • Charge = 1.6E-19 C
  55. According to NCRP 116 and ICRP report, what is the fatal risk of cancer by radiation for whole population for low dose rate and low LET
    5% per Sv of whole body
  56. According to FDA, the collimator or jaw of linac is required to be how many HVL layer?
    0.5% = 0.005 ~ 8HVL
  57. An atom that decays by releasing a positron has an excess of .. (neutrons, protons, electrons)
    protons
  58. Radiation Dose Limits
    • Occupational: 50 mSv/year
    • Extremities: 500 mSv/year
    • Eyes: 150 mSv/year
    • Fetus: 5 mSv/year

    Population: 1mSv/year
  59. Planck's Constant
    h = 6.62E-34 m2kg/s
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