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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

Inverse square law

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

The relationship that states that electromagnetic radiation intensity is inversely proportional to the square of the distance from a point source.

Iodine

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

A nonmetallic solid element. There are both radioactive and non-radioactive isotopes of iodine. Radioactive isotopes of iodine are widely used in medical applications. Radioactive iodine is a fission ...

track mode

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

Ximatron operating mode in which the radiation field size, as defined by the position of the blades, 'tracks with' the active input area of the image intensifier, despite movement of the intensifier, ...

voxel

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

The basic unit of computed tomography reconstruction, represented as a pixel in a computed tomography image display.

override record

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

Recording of details, into the Varian System Database, of an override of treatment plan parameters that took place during a treatment being deliverd to a patient.

image acquisition

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

The process of capturing raw image data.

voltage standing wave ratio

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

The ratio of maximum voltage to minimum voltage on a line.

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