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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pattern

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

NOTE THIS DEFINITION!! This is a very specific definition, and "pattern" can be used in many other meanings. The sequence of days (for example, one week)defined as normal machine operating hours at ...

universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

Hardware can receive and transmit digital signals in a asynchronous way over serial lines.

appendix

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

A reference section at the end of a book.

command channel

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

Channel used to send commands related to treatment, including Set Beam, Set Targets, Cancel Beam.

disable/enable keyswitch

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

Key on the dedicated keyboard that enables or disables Beam On.

patient plan

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

A collection of beams that can be treatment fields, setup fields, port films, or portal images. A session can contain one or more patient plans.

secondary radiation

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

Ionizing radiation emitted by matter as a result of interaction with primary radiation. The sources of secondary radiation in the treatment room include leakage from the treatment head and scatter ...