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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
assigned protection factor
Medical devices; Radiology equipment
Assigned protection factor (apf) means the workplace level of respiratory protection that a respirator or class of respirators is expected to provide to employees enrolled in a continuing, effective ...
atom
Medical devices; Radiology equipment
The smallest particle of an element that can enter into a chemical reaction.
atomic number
Medical devices; Radiology equipment
The total number of protons in the nucleus of an atom.
atomic mass unit (AMU)
Medical devices; Radiology equipment
1 amu is equal to one twelfth of the mass of a carbon-12 atom.
atomic mass number
Medical devices; Radiology equipment
The total number of protons and neutrons in the nucleus of an atom.
atomic weight
Medical devices; Radiology equipment
The mass of an atom, expressed in atomic mass units. For example, the atomic number of helium-4 is 2, the atomic mass is 4, and the atomic weight is 4.00026.
background radiation
Medical devices; Radiology equipment
Ionizing radiation from natural sources, such as terrestrial radiation due to radionuclides in the soil or cosmic radiation originating in outer space.
