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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Percentage depth dose

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

The ratio of the absorbed dose of radiation at a specified depth to the dose at a fixed reference point, usually the position of the peak absorbed dose, expressed as a percentage of the reference ...

Penumbra

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

The region at the edge of a treatment field, over which the absorbed dose rate changes rapidly as a function of the distance from the radiation beam axis. The penumbra is caused by the shadowing ...

Patient orientation indicator

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

Green man image used in the Patient Verification application to indicate one of eight orientations.

Payor

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

Payor refers to a patient\'s medical insurance coverage.

A treatment that is set up to complete a dynamic treatment (arc or dynamic wedge) that was terminated before completion. Other treatments may have been given in the interim. The system uses all the ...