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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.

Contributors in Radiology equipment

Radiology equipment

couch axes

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

Directions in which the couch can move: lift (vertical motion), longitude (along the patient’s long axis), latitude (side to side), and rotation (with the isocenter at the center).

gold beam matching

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

A machine-to-machine spec applied in the factory to ensure that the beams are matched. As of April 2005, this is no longer being used.

klystron solenoid power supply

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

Power supply for the klystron solenoid.

paired points

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

On the Least Squares tab of the Registration dialog of the Image Fusion module of VariSeed, a paired point is a point which has been identified on the source and destination volumes as representing ...

radiation-attenuating material

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

Material in the radiation beam used to attenuate the radiation, normally lead or tungsten.

saturation point

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

The RF power input level beyond which the klystron no longer produces a linear increase in RF power output. Since the klystron operates at peak efficiency at saturation, the RF driver is tuned to ...

spanish

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

Language spoken in most Latin American countries and Spain.

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