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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Radiology equipment

ionization chamber

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

A device that measures dose rate and integral dose, as well as angular and radial (positional) distribution of the treatment beam.

beam-hardening filter

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

Typically, a foil or plate with a maximum height of 3 mm that is used to modify the energy spectrum (kV beams). See also filter.

four-dimensional positron emission tomography

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

A series of PET images acquired at different phases (times) in the respiratory cycle. When combined with four-dimensional computed tomography (4D PET/CT), the scan captures the movement and ...

honorific

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

An honorific is a word or expression that conveys esteem or respect and is used in addressing or referring to a person. Honorifics are usually placed immediately before or after the name of the ...

notes screen

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

Displayed on In Room Monitor #2. The Notes Screen application controls this display.

beam-shaping devices

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

Blocks, wedges, compensators, and other devices that create a treatment beam of the geometric proportions required for a treatment plan beyond the capabilities of the collimator.

In order to calculate the dose delivered by a seed in a reasonable amount of time, treatment planning systems like VariSeed use industry standard approximations to calculate dose. The one used in our ...