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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Radiology equipment

Windup

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

A system for taking up the slack in electrical cabling or tubing that must pass through a rotational joint, e.g., between the drive stand and the gantry.

Window/level adjustment

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

Usually a slider adjustment of the Window width and level values.

Window/level

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

Window: range of Hounsfields units (HU) displayed of a CT image = Window width. Window Level: central HU of all the numbers within the window width.

Window and level

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

Window: range of Hounsfields units (HU) displayed of a CT image = Window width. Window Level: central HU of all the numbers within the window width.

Window

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

In Imaging: range of Hounsfields units (HU) displayed of a CT image = Window width.

Wedge philtre

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

A tapered block of attenuating material, which causes a progressive decrease in the dose rate across the whole or part of a radiation field. Designed to produce wedge shaped isodose curves.