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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backup motion control

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

Feature that enables the user to perform motions when the PU arm or its controller is defective or communication with the hand pendant cannot be established.

A collimator comprising a number of elements (leaves) that can be independently moved to produce radiation beams having complex shapes. For example, Varian\'s MLC has 52 motorized leaves, each 1 cm ...

power enable loop

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

An electrical safety loop that enables power when the loop is closed and disables power when the loop is open. See also safety loop.

digital imaging management

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

The act of having a system that allows users to access, manipulate and save electonic images.

fitting mlc leaves

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

MLC leaves can automatically fit around a structure with or without a margin.

gray

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

A unit of absorbed dose, defined as the transfer of one joule of energy per kilogram of absorbed material. One Gray (Gy) equals 100 rads. One centigray (cGy) equals one rad.

initialization

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

Initialization involves the subsystem going through all necessary hardware, firmware, and software startup processes in order to become safely and accurately useable. Initialization may include ...