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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Radiology equipment

collimator rotation

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

Rotation of the treatment head to align the beam aperture formed by the collimator jaws with the tumor. Movement of the Collimator Rotation motor causes all collimation items (MLC, Accessories, and ...

emergency off

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

Switches on a printed circuit board that control Emergency Stop circuits. See Emergency Stop.

manual motion

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

Feature that allows user to move one motion axis at a time during beam On, available in the Service Axis Positions panel.

anisotropy factor

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

A constant associated with a particular type of source, a set of which is used to help correct for the source’s anisotropy.

collision avoidance

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

The automatic movement of the imager during gantry rotation to avoid collision. If collision avoidance detects that gantry rotation will cause a collision between the imager and the couch, collision ...