ELECTRONICS AND ELECTRICAL MEASUREMENTS
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To comprehend, in an elementary way, how a radiologic device works, from electrical and electronic point of view. To be able to perform a basic electrical measurement.
Direct current electrodynamic:
- electric circuit
- sign conventions
- magnitude of current and voltage
- resistance and resistivity
- superconductivity
- Kirchhoff laws– Ohm law
• Electromagnetism
- natural magnets
- magnetic induction
- Faraday-Neumann-Lenz law
• Constitutive relationships of passive components
• Transformer
• Sinusoidal quantities writing modes
• Impedance
• Analysis of static sinusoidal regime circuits
• Electric measurements
- measure devices generalities
- current and voltage measurements
- outline about electrical safety in a hospital
- oscilloscope
• Non linear electronics
- semiconductor diode: microscopic working, characteristic curves
- rectifiers
- AC/DC converters
• Electronics applications in radiology:
- X-ray tube power supply
- radiology devices control and regulation circuits: switches, timers
• Block scheme of a traditional radiology device
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