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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Uranium mill tailings

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

Naturally radioactive residue from the processing of uranium ore. Although the milling process recovers about 95% of the uranium, the residues, or tailings, contain several isotopes of naturally ...

Protective action guide (pag)

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

A guide that tells state and local authorities at what projected dose they should take action to protect people from exposure to unplanned releases of radioactive material into the environment.

A multiplier that is used for converting the equivalent dose to a specific organ or tissue into what is called the "effective dose." the goal of this process was to develop a method for expressing ...

Proton

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

A small atomic particle, typically found within an atom's nucleus, that possesses a positive electrical charge. Even though protons and neutrons are about 2,000 times heavier than electrons, they are ...

Whole-body count

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

The measure and analysis of the radiation being emitted from a person’s entire body, detected by a counter external to the body.

Quality factor (Q)

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

The factor by which the absorbed dose (rad or gray) must be multiplied to obtain a quantity that expresses, on a common scale for all ionising radiation, the biological damage (rem or sievert) to the ...