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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Biotechnology; Biochemistry

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Radiometry

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

The measurement of radiation by photography, as in x-ray film and film badge, by Geiger-Mueller tube, and by scintillation counting.

Radiolucent

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

Radiodensity is a material's property of relative transparency to the passage of X-rays through it. Radiolucent indicates greater transparency to X-ray photons. For example, a radiolucent object ...

Radiation oncology

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

Radiation oncology is the branch of radiology that uses radiant energy and isotopes in the study and treatment of diseases, especially malignant cancer.

Ionising radiation is radiation with enough energy so that during an interaction with an atom, it can remove tightly bound electrons from their orbits, causing the atom to become charged or ionized. ...

Radioactive contamination

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

Radioactive contamination is radioactive material distributed over some area, equipment or person. It tends to be unwanted in the location where it is, and has to be cleaned up or decontaminated.