Carriage

Carriage

A moveable structure of the multileaf collimator (MLC) on which a bank of tungsten leaves is mounted. The MLC has two banks, each of which is mounted on one of two carriages. The carriage moves the whole bank of leaves into position, before any individual leaf is moved.

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Industry/Domain: Medical devices
Category: Radiology equipment
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