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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

Hounsfield unit

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

A scale used in computed tomography to convert the linear attenuation coefficient measurements of an object into a universal radiodensity scale. The radiodensity of distilled water—at standard ...

Hotdeck

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

The high-voltage section of the gun driver, a subsystem of the HET system.

Hot deck

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

The part of the gun driver on high energy Clinacs where the bias voltage and grid pulse are actually produced and applied to the grid of the electron gun and where heater power is applied to the ...

Hot spot

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

Areas of patient anatomy which receive high levels of radiation in a study.

Hospital

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

The institution in which a given patient is receving medical treatment.

Honorific

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

An honorific is a word or expression that conveys esteem or respect and is used in addressing or referring to a person. Honorifics are usually placed immediately before or after the name of the ...

Homing

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

A sequence of calibration steps performed by the controller on a specific motion axis that will determine the zero reference position of the axis by moving the axis and monitoring specific feedback ...

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