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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
supervisor
Medical devices; Radiology equipment
The central embedded controller of the Clinac. The system functions performed by the Supervisor are: • Accepting commands from the workstation and control devices (such the dedicated keyboard in the ...
high-voltage power supply
Medical devices; Radiology equipment
Power supply in which the voltage used is the cause of safety concerns and insulation requirements.
lift screw shaft
Medical devices; Radiology equipment
The part of the Exact Couch the hand crank is placed onto when lowering the Couch manually (after an emergency pendant failure).
programmable logic device
Medical devices; Radiology equipment
An electronic component used to build reconfigurable digital circuits. A standard, off-the-shelf part that offers a wide range of logic capacity, features, speed, and voltage characteristics. These ...
door interlock
Medical devices; Radiology equipment
A switch that enables a fail-safe safety circuit linked to the Clinac, VariSource or Ximatron when the door to the room is closed. The door must be closed before radiation treatment or simulation can ...
international commission on radiation units
Medical devices; Radiology equipment
International standardisation body to develop internationally acceptable recommendations for quantities and units of radiation and radioactivity as well as associated measurement procedures and ...
supervisor state
Medical devices; Radiology equipment
Five basic operational states in which Supervisor software enables or disables power: Beam On, Power Off, Standby, Treatment, and Ready. A sixth state, Shutdown, is not tracked or controlled; in this ...
