RAD201 — Equipment Operation and Maintenance
RAD 201 - Equipment Operation and Maintenance RAD 201 - Equipment Operation and Maintenance Principles and operation of radiographic imaging equipment, tube design, X-ray circuitry, mobile equipment, image intensification, and digital radiography/fluoroscopy. Discuss various modalities and fixed/mobile radiographic equipment in terms of purpose, components, types, and applications. Discuss fixed and mobile fluoroscopic equipment, image-intensified, flat panel and pulsed fluoroscopy in terms of purpose, components, types and applications. Define and explain electrostatics, electrodynamics, and magnetism. Identify and briefly describe electromagnetism, laws of electromagnetic induction, electromechanical devices, and transformers. Describe the construction and principles of operation of the x-ray circuitry, timers, rectifiers, generators, and mobile x-ray units. Identify and describe the advantages and disadvantages of x-ray tube design, rating charts, and methods used to extend x-ray tube life.