The medical imaging encyclopedia
300 systems · 54 manufacturers · 113 parts · 22 failure modes · 156 terms.
Systems
300Engineer-credible cards for every notable platform.
e.g. Azurion 7 · OEC 9800 MD · SOMATOM Sensation 64
Modalities
24CT, MRI, interventional, ultrasound, mammo, PET/CT, linac…
e.g. CT · MRI · Interventional X-ray
Manufacturers
54OEMs, aftermarket suppliers, and acquired brands.
e.g. GE Healthcare · Siemens · Philips
Parts catalog
113Tubes, detectors, gradient coils, MLCs — with system fits.
e.g. Performix HDw · Trixell Pixium 4600 · Klystron
Failure modes
22How imaging hardware actually breaks. For biomeds.
e.g. Tube arcing · Helium boiloff · Klystron EOL
Glossary
156Terms of art across modalities, in plain language.
e.g. MHU · kV · B0 · PET attenuation correction
Featured System Card
philips · interventional-x-ray
Philips Azurion 7
Top-tier Azurion. 20" flat-panel detector, full ClarityIQ dose-reduction image processing built in by default (not a licensed add-on as on Allura Clarity). Successor to the Allura Xper FD20 platform.
Reference
Procedural and domain context that surrounds the equipment.
Field guides
19
Engineer-voice service references
Clinical applications
30
Procedures and the imaging that supports them
Standards
5
DICOM · HL7 · FHIR · IHE · ACR
Regulatory
13
FDA · NRC · MQSA · state licensing
Site requirements
15
Shielding · power · cooling · floor load
Decommissioning
7
End-of-life retirement, modality by modality
Historical timeline
11
How medical imaging got here
Personas
12
Who buys, services, and operates equipment
Conferences
12
RSNA · AAPM · ECR · ASTRO · HIMSS
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