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.

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depleted uranium

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

Uranium containing less than 0.7% uranium-235, the amount found in natural uranium. See also enriched uranium.

deposition density

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

The activity of a radionuclide per unit area of ground. Reported as becquerels per square meter or curies per square meter.

detector

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

A device that is sensitive to radiation and can produce a response signal suitable for measurement or analysis. A radiation detection instrument.

An effect that can be related directly to the radiation dose received. The severity increases as the dose increases. A deterministic effect typically has a threshold below which the effect will not ...

deuterium

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

A non-radioactive isotope of the hydrogen atom that contains a neutron in its nucleus in addition to the one proton normally seen in hydrogen. A deuterium atom is twice as heavy as normal hydrogen. ...

dirty bomb

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

A device designed to spread radioactive material by conventional explosives when the bomb explodes. A dirty bomb kills or injures people through the initial blast of the conventional explosive and ...

radiation dose

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

Radiation absorbed by a person’s body. Several different terms describe radiation dose. For more information, see “primer on radiation measurement” from cdc.