portable X-ray
Transportable imaging device
A portable X-ray is a mobile imaging device that can be brought to a patient's bedside rather than requiring transport to a radiology department.
Used in hospitals for patients too unstable to move, in emergency settings, and for home healthcare: The nurse ordered a portable X-ray to check for pneumonia.
- mobileCapable of movement
- battery poweredRuns on stored electricity
- radiographImage from radiation exposure
- imagingProducing visual representations
- fluoroscopyContinuous X-ray video imaging
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