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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
Biological dosimetry (biodosimetry)
Medical devices; Radiology equipment
The laboratory or clinical methods used to measure or estimate the dose of ionising radiation energy absorbed by an individual. Biodosimetry tools measure the dose to internal organs and tissues from ...
Biological effects of ionising radiation (beir) reports
Medical devices; Radiology equipment
Reports of the national research council's committee on the biological effects of ionising radiation. For more information, see http://www.nap.edu/books/0309039959/html/.
Biological half-life
Medical devices; Radiology equipment
The time required for one half of the amount of a substance, such as a radionuclide, to be expelled from the body by natural metabolic processes, not counting radioactive decay, once it has been ...
Burn
Medical devices; Radiology equipment
The partial or complete destruction of skin caused by some form of energy, usually thermal energy.
Cesium-137 (Cs-137)
Medical devices; Radiology equipment
Has a half-life of 30.17 years and decays by beta and gamma radiation. Cs-137 is produced by nuclear fission for use in medical devices and gauges and is one of the byproducts of nuclear fission ...
Chain reaction
Medical devices; Radiology equipment
A process that initiates its own repetition. In a fission chain reaction, a fissile nucleus absorbs a neutron and fissions (splits) spontaneously, releasing additional neutrons. These, in turn, can ...
Chronic exposure
Medical devices; Radiology equipment
Exposure to a substance over a long period of time, possibly resulting in adverse health effects. See also acute exposure, fractionated exposure.
