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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Air burst

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

A nuclear weapon explosion that is high enough in the air to keep the fireball from touching the ground. Because the fireball does not reach the ground and does not pick up any surface material, the ...

Air kerma

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

The initial kinetic energy of the primary ionising particles (photoelectrons, compton electrons, positron/negatron pairs from photon radiation, and scattered nuclei from fast neutrons) produced by ...

As low as reasonably achievable (ALARA)

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

Means making every reasonable effort to maintain exposures to ionising radiation as far below the dose limits as practical. This is a key principle in radiation protection and safety.

Alpha particle

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

(image) the nucleus of a helium atom, made up of two neutrons and two protons with a charge of +2. Certain radioactive nuclei emit alpha particles. Alpha particles generally carry more energy than ...

Nuclear reactor

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

A device in which a controlled, self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction can be maintained with the use of cooling to remove generated heat.

Specific activity

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

Unit pertaining to the disintegrations per gramme of a radioisotope (mettler fa jr, upton ac: medical effects of ionising radiation, 3rd ed. Philadelphia, pa: saunders elsevier, 2008, page 554)

Nuclear tracers

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

Radioisotopes that give doctors the ability to "look" inside the body and observe soft tissues and organs, in a manner similar to the way x-rays provide images of bones. A radioactive tracer is ...