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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

verify

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

A function that confirms that the planned treatment delivery parameters match the parameters set up on the treatment delivery system, within customer-specified tolerances. Treatment delivery is ...

arc therapy or arc treatment

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

Radiation therapy in which the source of radiation is moved through an arc about the patient during treatment. In this way, a larger dose is built up at the center of the patient’s body than on any ...

data network

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

Real-time Ethernet that connects the Supervisor and the nodes for cyclical (UDP, 10 ms) message exchange, providing status and command flow. One of four system networks, each with a specific ...

dosimeter

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

A radiation sensitive device, e.g., film, monitor ion chamber, TLD, etc. , with a known sensitivity that is placed in the beam path to measure the integrated dose delivered by the beam. Also called ...

invasive patient fixation

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

Fixation by means of devices such as bite blocks or stereotactic headframes.

velocity motion

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

A motion with a specified target velocity that stops at the travel range limit or limitations (e.g. Obstacles). Compare with positional motion.

beam-shaping filter

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

A shape within the kV beam used to improve the quality of the CBCT projection and radiographic images. See also filter; bowtie filter.

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