Stereotactic Frame

Category Neurosurgery Precision Targeting Typical Use Provide rigid spatial reference for intracranial procedures and radiosurgery. Description A rigid head frame affixed to the skull that establishes a three dimensional coordinate system to localize intracranial targets precisely for biopsy, electrode placement, or stereotactic radiosurgery, enabling submillimeter accuracy in neurosurgical interventions. Frame based stereotaxy requires preprocedural imaging … Read more

PET Quantitation

Category Measurement Term PET Quantitation Definition of PET Quantitation Measuring Radiotracer Concentration In Tissue Using SUV, Kinetic Modeling, Or Absolute Activity Notes About PET Quantitation Requires Cross Calibration And Standardization

Mass Spectrometer

Category Analytical Laboratory Typical Use Identify and quantify molecules by mass to charge ratio for proteomics and toxicology. Description A high resolution analytical instrument that ionizes chemical species and separates ions by mass to charge ratio to provide molecular identification, structural information, and quantitative data used in proteomics, metabolomics, drug testing, and clinical toxicology. Mass … Read more

Tilt Table

Category Diagnostic Testing Typical Use Evaluate syncope and autonomic dysfunction by controlled positional changes. Description A motorized table that safely tilts a patient from supine to upright positions while monitoring heart rate and blood pressure to provoke and document neurally mediated syncope, orthostatic hypotension, or autonomic failure under controlled conditions. Tilt table testing helps differentiate … Read more

Blood Warming Device

Category Perioperative Care Typical Use Warm transfused blood to body temperature. Description Inline or cabinet blood warmers heat packed red blood cells and other blood products to near body temperature during rapid or massive transfusion to prevent hypothermia and associated coagulopathy. Blood warming devices are designed to maintain product integrity while delivering warmed blood safely, … Read more

Bronchial Thermoplasty Catheter

Category Pulmonary Therapeutic Typical Use Deliver controlled thermal energy to reduce airway smooth muscle in severe asthma. Description A specialized catheter used in bronchial thermoplasty procedures to apply radiofrequency energy to medium and large airways, reducing airway smooth muscle mass and decreasing bronchoconstriction frequency in selected patients with severe, refractory asthma. The procedure involves staged … Read more