Radiology 101

Being in the field of Radiology, we can often encounter thed term LINAC, some might be familiar with it, while others are not.

So, for the benefits of those who don’t know what is LINAC, what does it mean and what are inside it, I will give an overview together with a video below:

A linear particle accelerator or simply LINear ACcelerator (often shortened to linac) is a type of particle accelerator that greatly increases the velocity of charged subatomic particles or ions by subjecting the charged particles to a series of oscillating electric potentials along a linear beamline.

Linacs have many applications, from the generation of X-rays for medicinal purposes, to being an injector for a higher-energy accelerators, to the investigation of the properties of subatomic particles. The design of a linac depends on the type of particle that is being accelerated: electrons, protons or ions. They range in size from a cathode ray tube to the 2-mile (3.2 km) long Stanford Linear Accelerator Center in Stanford, California.

A video below can describe the components of a LINAC [Read the rest of this entry...]

If you have any questions regarding your CPE Units earned during the PART December 2009 Baguio Convention, kindly download the CPE Units Matrix sent by the Philippine Regulatory Commission (PRC) to PART Secretariat.

The Matrix contains the full details of each PART December Convention Professional Participants with their corresponding CPE units earned and other important data.

Or you can [Read the rest of this entry...]

During the PART Convention last December 2009, convention certificates were not able to be distributed after the convention due to time constraint as the PRC personnel cannot assess each participant’s form due to the “huge” number of professional participants who attended the said convention.

After a month, the PRC has sent a [Read the rest of this entry...]