Information About Radiology
admin Category Safety Principle Term ALARA Principle Definition of ALARA Principle As Low As Reasonably Achievable Approach To Minimize Radiation Exposure While Achieving Diagnostic Image Quality Notes About ALARA Principle Guides Justification And Optimization
Category Imaging Characteristic Term Point Spread Function Definition of Point Spread Function System Response To A Point Reflector Determining Resolution Notes About Point Spread Function Used In System Characterization
Category Transport Neonatology Typical Use Maintain thermoregulation and monitoring during neonatal and infant transport. Description A portable incubator with integrated ventilator, monitoring, and power systems that secures and supports critically ill neonates during interfacility transfer while preserving thermal stability and life support capabilities.
Category Neonatology Phlebotomy Typical Use Obtain capillary blood samples from neonates for metabolic and screening tests. Description A sterile, single use lancet designed to perform controlled heel punctures to collect small volume blood samples for newborn screening, blood glucose, and point of care testing, minimizing tissue trauma and infection risk when used with proper technique … Read more
Category Orthopedic Implantation Typical Use Prepare and deliver polymethylmethacrylate cement for implant fixation. Description A closed mixing and delivery system that homogenizes bone cement powder and liquid monomer under vacuum to reduce porosity and then delivers the cement through a gun or pressurized system for implant fixation in arthroplasty or vertebroplasty procedures. Proper mixing technique, … Read more
Category Implantable Device Typical Use Provide electrical pacing for bradyarrhythmias. Description An implantable device with leads placed in the heart that senses intrinsic cardiac activity and delivers electrical impulses to maintain adequate heart rate and rhythm in patients with symptomatic bradycardia, heart block, or certain conduction disorders. Pacemaker programming is individualized to patient needs and … Read more
Category Echocardiography View Term Subcostal IVC View Definition of Subcostal IVC View Subxiphoid Window To Visualize Inferior Vena Cava And Hepatic Veins Notes About Subcostal IVC View Used For Volume Status And Right Heart Assessment
Category Perioperative Transfusion Typical Use Warm blood products inline during rapid transfusion to prevent hypothermia. Description A compact heating device integrated into the transfusion line that warms packed red blood cells and other blood products to near body temperature during rapid or massive transfusion, reducing the risk of hypothermia related coagulopathy and cardiac complications. Inline … Read more
Category Interventional Device Term Stent Definition of Stent Endovascular Scaffold Placed To Maintain Vessel Patency Notes About Stent Visualized On Radiographs And Fluoroscopy
Category Obstetrics Assisted Delivery Typical Use Provide traction and rotational assistance during operative vaginal delivery. Description Curved or straight metal instruments designed to cradle the fetal head and allow controlled traction and rotation to assist vaginal delivery in appropriate clinical scenarios, such as prolonged second stage or certain malpositions, when maternal and fetal conditions permit. … Read more