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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
Float mode
Medical devices; Radiology equipment
A patient setup aid that permits an operator to freely, manually move the longitudinal and lateral axes to approximately position the treatment couch.
Flatness
Medical devices; Radiology equipment
The maximum variation from the mean dose delivered within the central 80% FWHM (full width at half measure) region, measured at 100 cm TSD (target-to-skin distance) at a depth of 10 cm. The mean is ...
Flattening philtre
Medical devices; Radiology equipment
A cone-shaped metal attenuator placed in the x-ray beam to achieve uniform intensity over the specific treatment field at a specific depth and a specific energy.
Flattening filter-free mode
Medical devices; Radiology equipment
Photon beam mode that does not use a flattening filter. Used in intensity-modulated radiation therapy.
Fixed treatment
Medical devices; Radiology equipment
A radiotherapy treatment in which the Clinac gantry remains stationary in a fixed position.
Flash
Medical devices; Radiology equipment
A type of nonvolatile memory, generally used on embedded systems. See also compact flash disk.
Fixed field
Medical devices; Radiology equipment
Field were the gantry is not moved during radiation.
