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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

transuranic

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

Pertaining to elements with atomic numbers higher than uranium (92). For example, plutonium (pu) and americium (am) are transuranics.

plutonium (Pu)

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

A heavy, man-made, radioactive metallic element. The most important isotope is pu-239, which has a half-life of 24,000 years. Pu-239 can be used in reactor fuel and is the primary isotope in weapons. ...

tritium

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

A radioactive isotope of the element hydrogen (chemical symbol h). See also deuterium.

polonium (Po)

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

A radioactive chemical element and a product of radium (ra) decay. Polonium is found in uranium (u) ores.

unstable nucleus

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

A nucleus that contains an uneven number of protons and neutrons and seeks to reach equilibrium between them through radioactive decay (i.e., the nucleus of a radioactive atom). See also stable ...

post-transfusion graft-vs.-host disease

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

Pt-gvhd occurs when donor lymphocytes in transfused blood attack recipient organs and tissues recognizing recipient hla and are not eliminated by host immunological defense.

uranium (U)

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

A naturally occurring radioactive element whose principal isotopes are uranium-238 (u-238) and uranium-235 (u-235). Natural uranium is a hard, silvery-white, shiny metallic ore that contains a minute ...

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