Radiation Therapists

Tools and Technology

Tools Include:

• Still cameras (35 millimeter cameras)
• Radiation detectors (Area radiation monitors)
• Automated external defibrillators AED or hard paddles (Automated external defibrillators AED)
• Power saws (Band saws)
• Medical radiological positioning aids for general radiological use (Beam direction shells)
• Skinfold calipers (Body-fat calipers)
• Brachytherapy units
• Radiotherapy teletherapy cobalt 60 equipment (Cobalt radiation therapy machines)
• Computed tomography CT or CAT radiotherapy simulators (Computed tomography CT radiation therapy planning simulators)
• Medical computed tomography CT or CAT scanners or tubes (Computed tomography CT scanners)
• Milling cutters (Computerized block cutting equipment)
• Medical imaging wet darkroom or daylight processors (Daylight medical film processing equipment)
• Desktop computers
• Digital cameras
• Workshop presses (Drill presses)
• Medical radiation dosimeters (Dual diode dosimeter patient dose monitors)
• Phantom dosimeters (Dynamic phantoms)
• Electrometers
• Heat guns
• Medical radiological positioning aids for general radiological use (Immobilizing bite blocks)
• Water baths (Laboratory water baths)
• Notebook computers (Laptop computers)
• Medical radiological shielding freestanding or portable screens (Lead alloy shielding blocks)
• Medical linear accelerator intensity modulated radiation therapy IMRT collimators (Linear accelerator compensation filters)
• Medical magnetic resonance imaging MRI scanners (Magnetic resonance imaging MRI systems)
• Medical x ray units for general diagnostic use (Medical diagnostic x ray equipment)
• Medical cine fluoroscopy equipment (Medical imaging fluoroscopes)
• Medical linear accelerator intensity modulated radiation therapy IMRT collimators
• Medical linear accelerator intensity modulated radiation therapy IMRT three dimensional units
• Medical linear accelerator intensity modulated radiation therapy IMRT two dimensional units
• Medical x ray intensifying screens (Medical x ray image intensifiers)
• Medical linear accelerator intensity modulated radiation therapy IMRT collimators (Multi-leaf radiation therapy collimators)
• Medical radiation dosimeters (Multi-monitor dosimetry systems)
• Distance meters (Optical distance indicators)
• Medical radiological positioning aids for general radiological use (Patient positioning devices)
• Medical radiological positioning aids for general radiological use (Patient positioning headrests)
• Medical radiological positioning aids for general radiological use (Patient positioning neck rests)
• Medical radiological positioning aids for general radiological use (Patient positioning straps)
• Medical radiological positioning aids for general radiological use (Patient treatment area casts)
• Medical radiation films or badges (Personal radiation monitors)
• Lasers (Position verification lasers)
• Power drills
• Medical exam or non surgical procedure gloves (Protective medical gloves)
• Eye shields (Radiation protection eyewear)
• Medical radiological shielding aprons or masks or drapes (Radiation shielding lead aprons)
• Medical linear accelerator intensity modulated radiation therapy IMRT collimators (Radiation therapy beam directing wedges)
• Respiratory monitoring kits or its accessories (Respiration monitors)
• Radiation detectors (Solid state diode detectors)
• Radiation detectors (Survey meters)
• Medical radiological shielding aprons or masks or drapes (Thyroid shields)
• Hospital intercom systems (Treatment room intercoms)
• Medical positron emission tomography PET units (Treatment verification equipment)
• Medical ultrasound or doppler or pulse echo or echography units for general diagnostic use (Ultrasound imaging scanners)
• Vacuum molding machines (Vacuum formers)
• Medical radiation dosimeters (Wireless patient dosimeters)
• Wood chisels
• Lathes (Workshop lathes)
• X ray and fluoroscopy RF radiotherapy planning simulators (X ray or fluoroscopy treatment planning simulators)

Technologies Include:

• Graphics or photo imaging software

• Image processing software

• Internet browser software

• Web browser software

• Medical software

• Beam analysis software
• Dose unit calculation software
• Electronic medical record EMR software
• Lifeline Software RadCalc
• Nucletron planning systems
• Procedure scheduling software
• Radiation dose calculation software
• Radiation therapy equipment software
• Sun Nuclear MapCHECK
• Treatment planning software
• Virtual simulation software

The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)