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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Outgas

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

1) EtO sterilization: when the EtO used for sterilising is allowed ot evaporate from the sterilised goods in order to reduce contamination with this harmful substance.

Ovr

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

An entry in the patient treatment history details area designating an override took place during treatment delivery.

Override

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

To change a field parameter for the duration of a single treatment.

Overlay

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

A picture created manually or automatically in VariSeed that is superimposed over patient images. Examples of overlays include anatomy contours, identified or planned sources, and isodose contours.

Optical distance indicator

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

An instrument for gauging the source-to-skin distance.

Multiple-port treatment

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

Directing more than one radiation beam toward the tumour from different angles for the purpose of increasing the dose without irrevocably destroying normal tissue.

A collimator comprising a number of elements (leaves) that can be independently moved to produce radiation beams having complex shapes. For example, Varian\'s MLC has 52 motorised leaves, each 1 cm ...