Introduction To Equiptment

Question 1

Ceiling tube mount

Answer 1

• likely the most common installation
• most versatility
• two perpendicular sets of rails
• limited only by the range of the rails

Question 2

Floor to ceiling support system

Answer 2

• single column attached to two rails
  
  • ceiling rail and floor rail
• limited movement of x-ray tube
• less versatile than the ceiling mount

Question 3

Floor mounted system

Answer 3

• attached to floor and table pedestal

- movement is MOST RESTRICTED with this system

Question 4

C-arm

Answer 4

• can be ceiling mounted or stand alone (mobile)
• commonly used in OR, trauma bay, fluoro suites, and angio suites
• efficient
• design allows for obtaining images without having to move the patient
  
  • critical for trauma or OR situations