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

Compensator

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

An accessory, one of various detachable beam-modification devices.

Control console

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

The system control unit for Clinacs and Ximatrons, which includes operator controls for starting and stopping an exposure and for mechanical alignment of the machine.

Contour margin

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

Margin added to a contour based on clinical requirements (enlarging the structure)

Contour interpolation

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

If the user draws structure contours on non-adjacent slices, the software can automatically infer the shape of the contours on the missing slices. This is contour interpolation.

Continuous drawing mode

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

Allows to draw a line in a contious mode, like drawing with a pencil.

In the context of Contiguous Volume Analysis, a contiguous volume is a portion of the organ in question which meets the specified radiation dose constraints and is contiguous. That is, all portions ...