Key features of the Physics SL & HL Imaging study guide:

• A comprehensive overview of the included topics written in an easy-to-follow format to guide your exam preparation for IB Physics Option C.
• Over 30 worked examples with accompanying problems to fill knowledge gaps and build confidence through practice.
• Hands-on-skills tasks for graphing, ray diagrams, and labelling to hone essential skills for IB Physics Imaging.
• More than 30 questions for the core and HL extension with answers to test your understanding.
• A list of common errors to help you avoid mistakes and maximise marks.

Contents of the Physics SL & HL Imaging study guide:

Imaging

• Thin lenses

• Converging and diverging lenses

• Converging and diverging mirrors

• Ray diagrams

• Real and virtual images

• Linear and angular magnification

• Spherical and chromatic aberrations

Imaging instrumentation

• Optical compound microscopes

• The simple optical refracting telescope

• Simple optical reflecting telescopes

• Single dish radio telescopes

• Radio interferometry telescopes

• Satellite borne telescopes

Fibre Optics

• Total internal reflection and critical angle

• Structure of optic fibres

• Step-index fibres and graded index fibres

• Waveguide and material dispersion in optic fibres

• Attenuation and the decibel scale

Medical imaging

• Detecting and recording X-rays in medical contexts

• Attenuation and half-thickness

• Deriving the attenuation: half-value relationship

• Solving attenuation problems

• X-ray detection

• X-ray imaging

• Computed tomography

• Ultrasound

• Generation and detection

• Acoustic impedance

• Ultrasonic imaging

• A and B scans

• Factors deciding frequency

• Medical imaging MRI using NMR

• Nuclear magnetic resonance

Commons exam mistakes

Task answers

Questions

Answers