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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

Leaf table

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

Part of the user interface that displays the actual and planned positions in numeric values for all leaves.

Leakage

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

The act of radiation leaving the machine unintentionally cf. "leakage radiation", which is the radiation itself that is leaving the machine as described above.

Leakage radiation

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

All radiation coming from the machine other than the radiation in the primary (therapeutic) beam.

Least squares method

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

An image registration technique in which two sets of images are correlated based on three or more matching points ("least squares" is a mathematical term).

Lift

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

One of three movement axes for the couch (along with lateral and longitude).

Lift mechanism

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

Part of the Exact Couch usually covered by protective bellows.

Lift screw shaft

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

The part of the Exact Couch the hand crank is placed onto when lowering the Couch manually (after an emergency pendant failure).

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