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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.
Industry: Medical devices
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Radiology equipment
Tie-wrap
Medical devices; Radiology equipment
Safety feature used to avoid sudden load shifts of the Exact Couch.
Thyratron
Medical devices; Radiology equipment
A gas-filled electron tube in which the grid controls the start of a continuous current, giving the tube a trigger action. A thyratron is used to discharge the pulse-forming network in the modulator.
Through target extent
Medical devices; Radiology equipment
The longitudinal needle editor available on the source placement tab provides a right-click menu that allows the user to load a needle with sources using a number of different loading patterns. When ...
Three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy
Medical devices; Radiology equipment
A high-precision radiotherapy technique, based on the three-dimensional volumetric definition of the tumour and the anatomy of critical organs. A complex process, 3D-CRT begins with creation of ...
Tissue equivalent material
Medical devices; Radiology equipment
Liquid or solid material whose absorbing and scattering properties for a given radiation simulate as closely as possible those of a given biological material, such as fat, bone, or muscle.
Raw scale
Medical devices; Radiology equipment
A position readout (PRO) scale used in service mode that displays actual voltage levels for position readout potentiometers.
Radiotherapy prescription
Medical devices; Radiology equipment
The plan defined by the oncologist for treating a tumour volume. In VARiS, the RT prescription specifies the technique, treatment energy, total dose, treatment time, and dose per fraction.
