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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
Radon (Rn)
Medical devices; Radiology equipment
A naturally occurring radioactive gas found in soil, rock, and water throughout the united states. Radon causes lung cancer and is a threat to health because it tends to collect in homes, sometimes ...
Deposition density
Medical devices; Radiology equipment
The activity of a radionuclide per unit area of ground. Reported as becquerels per square metre or curies per square meter.
Detector
Medical devices; Radiology equipment
A device that is sensitive to radiation and can produce a response signal suitable for measurement or analysis. A radiation detection instrument.
Deterministic effect
Medical devices; Radiology equipment
An effect that can be related directly to the radiation dose received. The severity increases as the dose increases. A deterministic effect typically has a threshold below which the effect will not ...
Deuterium
Medical devices; Radiology equipment
A non-radioactive isotope of the hydrogen atom that contains a neutron in its nucleus in addition to the one proton normally seen in hydrogen. A deuterium atom is twice as heavy as normal hydrogen. ...
Dirty bomb
Medical devices; Radiology equipment
A device designed to spread radioactive material by conventional explosives when the bomb explodes. A dirty bomb kills or injures people through the initial blast of the conventional explosive and ...
Radiation dose
Medical devices; Radiology equipment
Radiation absorbed by a person’s body. Several different terms describe radiation dose. For more information, see “primer on radiation measurement” from cdc.
