ABSTRACT
Anything found to be true of E. coli must also be true of elephants Jacques Monod, 1954 (from Friedmann, 2004)
The key importance for a student of physics in regard to learning aspects of biophysical tools and technique is to understand the physics involved. However, the devil is often in the detail, and the details of many biophysical methods include the application of techniques that are not directly biophysical as such, but which are still invaluable, and sometimes essential, to the optimal functioning of the biophysical tool. In this chapter we discuss the key details of these important, complementary approaches. We also include discussion of the applications of biophysics in biomedical techniques. There are several textbooks dedicated to expert-level medical physics technologies; however, what we do here is highlight the important biophysical features of these to give the reader a basic all-round knowledge of how biophysics tools are applied to clinically relevant questions.
