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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graticule

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

An accessory installed in the interface mount that creates opaque marks on an exposed radiograph spaced at 1 cm intervals along the major axes, as measured at isocenter. The Ximatron graticule is ...

kv collimator

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

A blade and filter deck that shapes the beam of radiation emerging from the kV tube and limits the maximum field size of the kV beam. Both a precollimator and secondary collimator shape the kV beam.

radioactivity

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

The property of spontaneously emitting alpha, beta, and/or gamma radiation as a result of nuclear disintegration.

information system treatment mode

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

A treatment mode using DICOM Client in which plans are obtained from an Information System (such as VARiS) and treatment records are recorded to an information system.

A method of treatment that uses a single, high dose of radiation to alter the tissue to cause necrosis or fibrosis. This procedure uses Gantry, and sometimes Couch, movement during the treatment to ...

scattering foil

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

In electron beam therapy, a thin metal plate used to disperse the electron beam before it passes through the collimator jaws. The function of the scattering foil is to flatten intensity over the ...

treatment planning

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

A complex process carried out prior to the administration of radiation therapy. The planning process usually includes such items as tumor localization, treatment volume determination, contour ...