Radiology equipment

Radiology equipment

Radiology equipment is used in the medical profession for the purpose of creating images that expose internal parts of the body.

Industry: Medical devices

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scattered radiation

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

Deviation of particles (photons, electrons, neutrons) from a straight trajectory caused by interaction with matter. This results in radiation outside the actual field aperture.

information management systems

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

A mechanism by which to access data and images from and save data and images to a central repository system.

treatment plan data

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

Data defining the properties of a treatment plan.

A metal item that is placed in the path of the electron beam to attenuate and flatten it, so that it is ready for use as a treatment beam. Foils are carried in the carousel, which rotates them into ...

high-definition mlc

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

A 120-leaf MLC, where the central > in width. These very thin leaves provide a higher definition > in the central part of the beam. Used widely in Stereotactic applications where smaller fields of ...

event log

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

A record of the status of the Clinac at the time of an unusual incident or event. Events include any interlock occurring during beam-on, all major interlocks and communications errors, Cal/Check ...

internal scale

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

Convention for indicating the mechanical position along its motion axes that is used internally by the Clinac control system. Internal scale values for the rotational positions are equivalent to ...