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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
Dose coefficient
Medical devices; Radiology equipment
The factor used to convert radionuclide intake to dose. Usually expressed as dose per unit intake (e.g., sieverts per becquerel).
Dose equivalent
Medical devices; Radiology equipment
The product of absorbed dose in tissue multiplied by a quality factor, and then sometimes multiplied by other necessary modifying factors, to account for the potential for a biological effect ...
Dose reconstruction
Medical devices; Radiology equipment
A scientific study that estimates doses to people from releases of radioactivity or other pollutants. The dose is reconstructed by determining the amount of material released, the way people came in ...
Dosimeter
Medical devices; Radiology equipment
A small portable instrument (such as a film badge, thermoluminescent dosimeter, or pocket dosimeter) for measuring and recording the total accumulated dose of ionising radiation a person receives.
Effective dose
Medical devices; Radiology equipment
A dosimetric quantity useful for comparing the overall health affects of irradiation of the whole body. It takes into account the absorbed doses received by various organs and tissues and weighs them ...
Effective half-life
Medical devices; Radiology equipment
The time required for the amount of a radionuclide deposited in a living organism to be diminished by 50% as a result of the combined action of radioactive decay and biological elimination. See also ...
Exposure pathway
Medical devices; Radiology equipment
A route by which a radionuclide or other toxic material can enter the body. The main exposure routes are inhalation, ingestion, absorption through the skin, and entry through a cut or wound in the ...
