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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

Breathing phantom

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

Used to test the operational readiness of the respiratory gating system. See also phantom.

Boost coils

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

Boost steering coils surround the high intensity fields of poles 1 and 3 of the bend magnet in the Clinac 2300C/D. They help compensate for the effect on the beam angle of iron saturation in high ...

Bowtie philtre

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

Special type of shape filter. See filter; beam-shaping filter.

Cheque cycle

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

Internally programmed test routine in which the controller tests the operation of the dose counters and verifies that the dosimetry interlocks can be activated. Occurs immediately after the ...

Chart

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

Set of records, either preset or custom, that are collected and then can be saved, retrieved, and loaded as data or as an image.

Charges

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

A VARiS application that translates billable activities into procedure codes and prepares information for output or transfer to a central billing system.

Central axis

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

Refers to the central axis of a beam. NOTE: The Central axis does not necessarily through the geometrcal centre of the field (depends on field shape)

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