Definition of Fluoroscopes. Meaning of Fluoroscopes. Synonyms of Fluoroscopes

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Definition of Fluoroscopes

Fluoroscope
Fluoroscope Flu*or"o*scope, n. (Physics) A fluorescent screen, with hood to protect the eyes, used for observing the shadows cast by objects placed in the path of the X rays. -- Flu*or`o*scop"ic, a.
Fluoroscope
Fluoroscope Flu*or"o*scope, n. [Fluorescence + -scope.] (Phys.) An instrument for observing or exhibiting fluorescence.

Meaning of Fluoroscopes from wikipedia

- Shoe-****ing fluoroscopes, also sold under the names X-ray Shoe ****er, Pedoscope and Foot-o-scope, were X-ray fluoroscope machines installed in shoe...
- a fluoroscope consists of an X-ray source and a fluorescent screen, between which a patient is placed. However, since the 1950s most fluoroscopes have...
- used in stores to help sell footwear. These were known as Shoe-****ing fluoroscopes. However, as the harmful effects of X-ray radiation were properly considered...
- fluorescent screen, between which a patient is placed. However, modern fluoroscopes couple the screen to an X-ray image intensifier and CCD video camera...
- credited with designing and producing the first commercially available fluoroscope, a machine that uses X-rays to take radiographs. Until Edison discovered...
- is visible in the centre. The standing man is viewing his hand with a fluoroscope screen; this was a common way of setting up the tube. No precautions...
- screens can. Such intensifiers are used in X-ray imaging systems (such as fluoroscopes) to allow low-intensity X-rays to be converted to a conveniently bright...
- PMID 22318388. Lewis, Leon; Caplan, Paul E (January 1, 1950). "The Shoe-****ing Fluoroscope as a Radiation Hazard". California Medicine. 72 (1): 26–30 [27]. PMC 1520288...
- of the dangers of using fluoroscopes to measure the size of children's feet, a common practice at the time. The fluoroscopes soon disappeared from shoe...
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