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.

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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.

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: