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

Digital-to-analog converter

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

Device for converting a digital (usually binary) code to an analogue signal (current, voltage, or electric charge).

Digital signal processor

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

Specialised microprocessor designed specifically for digital signal processing, generally in real-time computing.

Dose coefficient

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

The ratio between the dose (in greys or cGrays) received by the primary treatment site or at a secondary site the user has defined and the monitor units of radiation delivered to the treatment field.

Digital signal processing/basic input-output syste

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

Real-time operating system used in DSP-based boards at HET subnodes.

A switch that enables a fail-safe safety circuit linked to the Clinac, VariSource or Ximatron when the door to the room is closed. The door must be closed before radiation treatment or simulation can ...

Dose calibration

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

1) Determining the response of a dosimeter to a known radiation exposure or known absorbed dose. For a beam of radiation, this means determining the absorbed dose rate at a calibrated point in the ...