Medical Physics 4
Medical Physics 4
Medical Physics 4
4. Or °K=°C+273
1.Glass-liquid Thermometer
Medical thermometers used to measure body temperature,
due to the sensitive and accurate
When the thermometer is heated the liquid inside will
expand more than the glass causing the liquid to rise in the
capillary, for mercury it expand 1.8% from (0-100°C).
These kinds of thermometers are used in the clinics by
doctors, so they are also called doctor’s thermometers.
It is used to measure human body temperature in the range
of 35 °C to 42 °C.
Medical thermometers are cleaned before and after each use,
with alcohol.
I. As the fever temperature is needed to be
precise it has a thin capillary less than
0.1mm in diameter, which makes the
mercury to rise higher per degree.
II. In the fever thermometer, because the
mercury is raising in a very thin capillary a
better vision is made by making the front
glass tube convex to act like a magnifying
lens and the back of the tube is opaque,
white colored. The temperature usually
taken underneath the tongue or in the
rectum.
FILAC Fast Temp Electronic Thermometer, Single Probe
A precise temperature by searching for and analyzing
trends that are unique to a patient's individual body site.
Accurate measurement times are as fast as four seconds
for oral readings and 10 seconds for auxiliary and rectal
readings probe.
W= e σT4
Where
T: is the absolute temperature of the body
e: is the emissivity depends upon the emitter material
and its temperature.
for radiation from body e is almost 1.
σ: is the Stefan –Boltzmann constant =5.7×10-12
W/cm2 °K4
Example:
What is the power radiated per square
centimeters from human skin their
emissivity (1) at a temperature of 306°k,
what is the power radiated from a nude
body 1.75m2 (1.75×104 cm2) in area?
Solution
W= e σT4= (5.7×10-12)(306)4= 0.05w/cm2
W= (0.05) (1.75×104 cm2)= 875 w
The side effect of increasing temperature on healthy body