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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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.

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.