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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.
Industry: Medical devices
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Radiology equipment
thumbwheels
Medical devices; Radiology equipment
The controls located in the handles of the pendants, which are located on either side of the patient treatment couch. You can use the thumbwheels to move the couch, gantry, imagers, or collimators.
citizenship
Medical devices; Radiology equipment
The country in which a person holds their primary citizenship.
contamination
Medical devices; Radiology equipment
A foreign substance dispersed where it is undesirable: for example, unwanted electrons in the photon beam or unwanted photons in an electron beam.
facility water
Medical devices; Radiology equipment
Water that flows thorough the HET Clinac. It is supplied by the facility in which the HET Clinac is housed. Also known as city water.
thyratron
Medical devices; Radiology equipment
A gas-filled electron tube in which the grid controls the start of a continuous current, giving the tube a trigger action. A thyratron is used to discharge the pulse-forming network in the modulator.
shut down
Medical devices; Radiology equipment
One of five basic states controlled by the Supervisor. All power supplies, including those for the control system, are disabled or disconnected from the system.
