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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
personal protective equiptment
Medical devices; Radiology equipment
Clothing and/or equipment worn by workers (including first responders and first receivers) to prevent or mitigate job-related illness or injury. Individual ppe elements can include respiratory and ...
terrestrial radiation
Medical devices; Radiology equipment
Radiation emitted by naturally occurring radioactive materials, such as uranium (u), thorium (th), and radon (rn) in the earth.
photon
Medical devices; Radiology equipment
A discrete "packet" of pure electromagnetic energy. Photons have no mass and travel at the speed of light. The term "photon" was developed to describe energy when it acts like a particle (causing ...
thorium (Th)
Medical devices; Radiology equipment
A naturally occurring radioactive metal found in small amounts in soil, rock, water, plants, and animals. The most common isotopes of thorium are thorium-232 (th-232), thorium-230 (th-230), and ...
pitchblende
Medical devices; Radiology equipment
A brown to black mineral that has a distinctive luster. It consists mainly of uraninite (uo2), but also contains radium (ra). It is the main source of uranium (u) ore.
total effective dose equivalent (TEDE)
Medical devices; Radiology equipment
The sum of effective dose equivalent from external radiation and the committed effective dose equivalent from inhaled and ingested radioactive material. Quoted in units of rem.
plume
Medical devices; Radiology equipment
The material spreading from a particular source and traveling through environmental media, such as air or ground water. For example, a plume could describe the dispersal of particles, gases, vapors, ...
