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

tissue compensator

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

A filter placed in the treatment beam to modify the dose distribution to account for the contour, composition, and orientation of the patient\'s body with respect to the radiation field.

attenuation equivalent

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

Thickness of a layer of reference material (e.g., lead) which gives the same degree of attenuation in a beam of specified quality as the material under consideration. Attenuation equivalence is ...

gantry stand

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

The mechanical structure that supports the gantry; also called the drive stand (avoid both terms). See Stand.

image acquisition

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

The process of capturing raw image data.

mlc shape function

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

Function that allows for the superimposed view of the projected MLC shape on a reference image.

A VariSeed system may be licensed as a Planning Workstation or an Acquisition Workstation. A Planning Workstation offers the full feature set. An Acquisition Workstation offers a reduced feature set, ...