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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

focus skin distance

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

Distance from the focal spot to the skin of the patient (or surface of the phantom) measured on central axixs.

het clinac applications

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

Software applications that control the HET Clinac, including Treatment, Patient Verification, Service, and System Administration.

mean time between failures

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

The average time in hours between component failure, measured as the requirement for a technician to work on the system to fix a problem. (The need for an operator to repeat or restart a process or ...

registration

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

(In the context of image fusion) The process of finding matching points across two different sets of images, and mathematically transforming those images that so that they can both be viewed at the ...

self-locking gear

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

Drive train with enough friction to hold the axis in position in case of power failure.

centerspine

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

Center steel support member at one end of the treatment couch top. Enables posterior oblique treatments to be performed when radiolucent (tennis racket) panels are installed.

focus to axis distance

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

The distance measured along the radiation beam axis from the focal spot to isocenter.

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