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.

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Radioactive decontamination

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

The reduction or removal of radioactive contamination from a structure, object, or person.

Decorporation

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

Removal of radioactive isotopes from the body using specific drugs called "decorporation agents." (list of countermeasures for treatment)

Depleted uranium

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

Uranium containing less than 0.7% uranium-235, the amount found in natural uranium. See also enriched uranium.

The ratio between the risk for disease in an irradiated population to the risk in an unexposed population. A relative risk of 1.1 indicates a 10% increase in cancer from radiation, compared with the ...

Relative biologic effectiveness (RBE)

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

The rbe of some test radiation (r) compared with x-rays is defined by the ratio d250/dr where d250 and dr are, respectively, the doses of x-rays and the test radiation required for equal biologic ...

Rem (roentgen equivalent, man)

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

A unit of equivalent dose. Not all radiation has the same biological effect, even for the same amount of absorbed dose. Rem relates the absorbed dose in human tissue to the effective biological ...

Risk

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

The probability of injury, disease, or death under specific circumstances and time periods. Risk can be expressed as a value that ranges from 0% (no injury or harm will occur) to 100% (harm or injury ...