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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system network

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

Consists of the four distinct networks in HET: data network, workstation Ethernet network, imaging network, and subsystem network. Communications between the parts of the system are provided by ...

A built-in retractable barrier device on Clinac radiotherapy units that absorbs most of the incident (primary) radiation from the treatment beam that is not absorbed by the patient and the treatment ...

check cycle

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

Internally programmed test routine in which the controller tests the operation of the dose counters and verifies that the dosimetry interlocks can be activated. Occurs immediately after the ...

dose-volume histogram

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

A histogram is a standard statistical description of a distribution in terms of occurrence frequencies of different event classes. In Radiotherapy we mostly deal with Dose-Volume (DVH) histograms. ...

fractionation

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

A technique of administering radiation therapy in multiple doses over a number of days or weeks to achieve a maximum therapeutic ratio.

service management framework

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

A set of components, utilities, services, and documentation which produce the SMC.

system startup

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

Automated routine to start the system daily, not from a complete shutdown. Typically, the system startup routine is run so that the machine is warmed up in time for morning checkout.