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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
position coil
Medical devices; Radiology equipment
One of four steering coils near the exit of the accelerator structure, that control the position of the beam along the gantry axis.
radiation
Medical devices; Radiology equipment
The propagation of energy through space or matter. In radiology, radiation can be divided into two main groups: charged particles (electrons, protons, etc. ) and electromagnetic (x-rays, gamma rays, ...
transmission factor
Medical devices; Radiology equipment
The ratio of the radiation dose inside the shielding material to the dose outside the shielding material.
amplitude gating
Medical devices; Radiology equipment
Treatment method that correlates treatment (beam on and off) with automatic gating based on the absolute position of a marker block on the patient’s thorax or abdomen, regardless of the phase of the ...
keyboard
Medical devices; Radiology equipment
Computer peripheral modeled after the typewriter keyboard Alphanumeric keyboard used at the Imaging and Treatment workstation.
automatic match
Medical devices; Radiology equipment
Comparison of acquired image or images with the reference image using automated algorithms. The algorithms employ similarity measures such as mutual information or pattern intensity to optimize the ...
geometric optimization
Medical devices; Radiology equipment
External beam therapy: automatic optimisation of the number of required fields and their optimum gantry / couch angle to achieve a user defined DVH prescription. Brachytherapy:
