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Radiology equipment
Radiology equipment is used in the medical profession for the purpose of creating images that expose internal parts of the body.
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Radiology equipment
prenatal radiation exposure
Medical devices; Radiology equipment
Radiation exposure to an embryo or fetus while it is still in its mother’s womb. At certain stages of the pregnancy, the fetus is particularly sensitive to radiation and the health consequences could ...
uranium mill tailings
Medical devices; Radiology equipment
Naturally radioactive residue from the processing of uranium ore. Although the milling process recovers about 95% of the uranium, the residues, or tailings, contain several isotopes of naturally ...
protective action guide (pag)
Medical devices; Radiology equipment
A guide that tells state and local authorities at what projected dose they should take action to protect people from exposure to unplanned releases of radioactive material into the environment.
weighting factor
Medical devices; Radiology equipment
A multiplier that is used for converting the equivalent dose to a specific organ or tissue into what is called the "effective dose." the goal of this process was to develop a method for expressing ...
proton
Medical devices; Radiology equipment
A small atomic particle, typically found within an atom's nucleus, that possesses a positive electrical charge. Even though protons and neutrons are about 2,000 times heavier than electrons, they are ...
whole-body count
Medical devices; Radiology equipment
The measure and analysis of the radiation being emitted from a person’s entire body, detected by a counter external to the body.
quality factor (Q)
Medical devices; Radiology equipment
The factor by which the absorbed dose (rad or gray) must be multiplied to obtain a quantity that expresses, on a common scale for all ionizing radiation, the biological damage (rem or sievert) to the ...
