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  • IEC TR 60788:2004

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    Medical electrical equipment - Glossary of defined terms

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    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  17-02-2004

    Publisher:  International Electrotechnical Committee

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    Foreword
    Introduction
    1 Scope
    2 Normative references
    Glossary of DEFINED TERMS used for MEDICAL ELECTRICAL
    EQUIPMENT - Edition 2004

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    This Technical report comprises all defined terms used in the IEC standards and technical reports which - fall under the scope of medical electrical equipment, and - are on the list of publications as stated in May 2003. The glossary is prepared to ease the use of the electronic version by two search functions: - Search in the alphabetic order, and - Search by the technical and physical chapters in case of ionising radiation (rm-xx-xx).

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    Development Note Stability Date: 2017. (09/2017)
    Document Type Technical Report
    Publisher International Electrotechnical Committee
    Status Current

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    IEC 60601-2-28 : 3.0 MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - PART 2-28: PARTICULAR REQUIREMENTS FOR THE BASIC SAFETY AND ESSENTIAL PERFORMANCE OF X-RAY TUBE ASSEMBLIES FOR MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS
    BS 5724-2-45(2001) : 2001 MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - PART 2-45: PARTICULAR REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SAFETY OF MAMMOGRAPHIC X-RAY EQUIPMENT AND MAMMOGRAPHIC STEREOTACTIC DEVICES
    BS EN 61331-1:2014 Protective devices against diagnostic medical X-radiation Determination of attenuation properties of materials
    CEI EN 61262-1 : 1998 MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - CHARACTERISTICS OF ELECTRO-OPTICAL X-RAY IMAGE INTENSIFIERS - PART 1: DETERMINATION OF THE ENTRANCE FIELD SIZE
    DIN EN 60601-2-7 : 2000 MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - PART 2-7: PARTICULAR REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SAFETY OF HIGH-VOLTAGE GENERATORS OF DIAGNOSTIC X-RAY GENERATORS
    IEC 60601-2-68:2014 Medical electrical equipment - Part 2-68: Particular requirements for the basic safety and essential performance of X-ray-based image-guided radiotherapy equipment for use with electron accelerators, light ion beam therapy equipment and radionuclide beam therapy equipment
    IEC 61223-2-11:1999 Evaluation and routine testing in medical imaging departments - Part 2-11: Constancy tests - Equipment for general direct radiography
    CSA C22.2 No. 601.2.33 : 0 MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - PART 2: PARTICULAR REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SAFETY OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE EQUIPMENT FOR MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS
    ISO 19233-1:2017 Implants for surgery — Orthopaedic joint prosthesis — Part 1: Procedure for producing parametric 3D bone models from CT data of the knee
    13/30247422 DC : 0 BS EN 62220-1-1 - MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - CHARACTERISTICS OF DIGITAL X-RAY IMAGING DEVICES - PART 1-1: DETERMINATION OF THE DETECTIVE QUANTUM EFFICIENCY - DETECTORS USED IN RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING
    I.S. EN 60976:2007 MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - MEDICAL ELECTRON ACCELERATORS - FUNCTIONAL PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS
    BS EN 62220-1-3:2008 MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - CHARACTERISTICS OF DIGITAL X-RAY IMAGING DEVICES - PART 1-3: DETERMINATION OF THE DETECTIVE QUANTUM EFFICIENCY - DETECTORS USED IN DYNAMIC IMAGING
    03/311965 DC : DRAFT AUG 2003 BS EN 61267 - MEDICAL DIAGNOSTIC X-RAY EQUIPMENT - RADIATION CONDITIONS FOR USE IN THE DETERMINATION OF CHARACTERISTICS
    BS EN 60601-1-4:1997 Medical electrical equipment. General requirements for safety Collateral standard. General requirements for programmable electrical medical systems
    CEI EN 61262-6 : 1998 MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - CHARACTERISTICS OF ELECTRO-OPTICAL X-RAY IMAGE INTENSIFIERS - PART 6: DETERMINATION OF THE CONTRAST RATIO AND VEILING GLARE INDEX
    NF EN 60731 : 2012 MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - DOSIMETERS WITH IONIZATION CHAMBERS AS USED IN RADIOTHERAPY
    CEI EN 60406 : 1998 CASSETTES FOR MEDICAL X-RAY DIAGNOSIS RADIOGRAPHIC CASSETTES AND MAMMOGRAPHIC CASSETTES
    BS EN 62467-1:2015 Medical electrical equipment. Dosimetric instruments as used in brachytherapy Instruments based on well-type ionization chambers
    IEC TR 61948-2:2001 Nuclear medicine instrumentation - Routine tests - Part 2: Scintillation cameras and single photon emission computed tomography imaging
    BS EN 60601-2-64:2015 Medical electrical equipment Particular requirements for the basic safety and essential performance of light ion beam medical electrical equipment
    08/30170297 DC : DRAFT MAR 2008 BS EN 62083 - MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SAFETY OF RADIOTHERAPY TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS
    10/30206488 DC : 0 BS EN 60601-2-17 - MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - PART 2-17: PARTICULAR REQUIREMENTS FOR BASIC SAFETY AND ESSENTIAL PERFORMANCE OF AUTOMATICALLY-CONTROLLED BRACHYTHERAPY AFTERLOADING EQUIPMENT
    12/30242781 DC : 0 BS EN 61331-2 - PROTECTIVE DEVICES AGAINST DIAGNOSTIC MEDICAL X-RADIATION - PART 2: TRANSLUCENT PROTECTIVE PLATES
    BS IEC 61223-2.10 : 2000 EVALUATION AND ROUTINE TESTING IN MEDICAL IMAGING DEPARTMENTS - PART 2-10 - CONSTANCY TESTS - X-RAY EQUIPMENT FOR MAMMOGRAPHY
    BS 5724-2.45(1999) : 1999 MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - PARTICULAR REQUIREMENTS FOR SAFETY - SPECIFICATION FOR MAMMOGRAPHIC X-RAY EQUIPMENT AND MAMMOGRAPHIC STEREOTACTIC DEVICES
    CEI 62-112 : 2001 EVALUATION AND ROUTINE TESTING IN MEDICAL IMAGING DEPARTMENTS - PART 2: CONSTANCY TESTS - EQUIPMENT FOR INTRA-ORAL DENTAL RADIOGRAPHY EXCLUDING DENTAL PANORAMIC EQUIPMENT
    BS EN 62220-1-2:2007 MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - CHARACTERISTICS OF DIGITAL X-RAY IMAGING DEVICES - PART 1-2: DETERMINATION OF THE DETECTIVE QUANTUM EFFICIENCY - DETECTORS USED IN MAMMOGRAPHY
    DIN VDE 0750-222 : 1990 MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; PARTICULAR REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SAFETY OF THERAPEUTIC X-RAY GENERATORS
    12/30251540 DC : 0 BS EN 61675-1 - RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING DEVICES - CHARACTERISTICS AND TEST CONDITIONS - PART 1: POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHS
    17/30362279 DC : 0 BS EN 61223-3-6 - EVALUATION AND ROUTINE TESTING IN MEDICAL IMAGING DEPARTMENTS - PART 3-6: ACCEPTANCE AND CONSTANCY TESTS - IMAGING PERFORMANCE OF MAMMOGRAPHIC TOMOSYNTHESIS MODE OF OPERATION OF MAMMOGRAPHIC X-RAY EQUIPMENT
    BS EN 60601-2-11:2015 Medical electrical equipment Particular requirements for the basic safety and essential performance of gamma beam therapy equipment
    BS EN 61910-1:2014 MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - RADIATION DOSE DOCUMENTATION - PART 1: RADIATION DOSE STRUCTURED REPORTS FOR RADIOGRAPHY AND RADIOSCOPY
    06/30107360 DC : 0 IEC 60601-1-3 - MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - PART 1-3: GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR BASIC SAFETY AND ESSENTIAL PERFORMANCE - COLLATERAL STANDARD - RADIATION PROTECTION IN DIAGNOSTIC X-RAY EQUIPMENT
    I.S. EN IEC 62667:2018 MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - MEDICAL LIGHT ION BEAM EQUIPMENT - PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS
    BS IEC 61223-2.7 : 1999 EVALUATION AND ROUTINE TESTING IN MEDICAL IMAGING DEPARTMENTS - PART 2-7: CONSTANCY TESTS - EQUIPMENT FOR INTRA-ORAL DENTAL RADIOGRAPHY EXCLUDING DENTAL PANORAMIC EQUIPMENT
    BS 7817-2(1995) : 1995 AMD 13969 PROTECTIVE DEVICES AGAINST DIAGNOSTIC MEDICAL X-RADIATION - SPECIFICATION FOR PROTECTIVE GLASS PLATES
    NF EN 62494-1 : 2009 MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - EXPOSURE INDEX OF DIGITAL X-RAY IMAGING SYSTEMS - PART 1: DEFINITION AND REQUIREMENTS FOR GENERAL RADIOGRAPHY
    NF EN 61910-1 : 2015 MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - RADIATION DOSE DOCUMENTATION -PART 1: RADIATION DOSE STRUCTURED REPORTS FOR RADIOGRAPHY AND RADIOSCOPY
    07/30152116 DC : 0 BS EN 62467-1 - MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - DOSIMETRIC INSTRUMENTS AS USED IN BRACHYTHERAPY - PART 1: INSTRUMENTS BASED ON WELL-TYPE IONIZATION CHAMBERS
    CEI EN 61262-7 : 1997 MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - CHARACTERISTICS OF ELECTRO-OPTICAL X-RAY IMAGE INTENSIFIERS - PART 7: DETERMINATION OF THE MODULATION TRANSFER FUNCTION
    EN 60406:1997 Cassettes for medical X-ray diagnosis - Radiographic cassettes and mammographic cassettes
    BS EN 61223-3-2:2008 EVALUATION AND ROUTINE TESTING IN MEDICAL IMAGING DEPARTMENTS - PART 3-2: ACCEPTANCE TESTS - IMAGING PERFORMANCE OF MAMMOGRAPHIC X-RAY EQUIPMENT
    EN 60601-2-63:2015 Medical electrical equipment - Part 2-63: Particular requirements for the basic safety and essential performance of dental extra-oral X-ray equipment
    NF EN 60601 2-8 : 2015 AMD 1 2016 MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - PART 2-8: PARTICULAR REQUIREMENTS FOR THE BASIC SAFETY AND ESSENTIAL PERFORMANCE OF THERAPEUTIC X-RAY EQUIPMENT OPERATING IN THE RANGE 10 KV TO 1 MV
    I.S. EN 61168:1994 RADIOTHERAPY SIMULATORS - FUNCTIONAL PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS
    IEC 61223-2-10:1999 Evaluation and routine testing in medical imaging departments - Part 2-10: Constancy tests - X-ray equipment for mammography
    IEC TR 60930:2008 Guidelines for administrative, medical and nursing staff concerned with the safe use of medical electrical equipment and medical electrical systems
    BIS IS 13450-1-3 : 2014 MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - PART 1: GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR BASIC SAFETY AND ESSENTIAL PERFORMANCE - SECTION 3: COLLATERAL STANDARD: RADIATION PROTECTION IN DIAGNOSTIC X-RAY EQUIPMENT
    BS EN 60601-2-1:2015 MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - PART 2-1: PARTICULAR REQUIREMENTS FOR THE BASIC SAFETY AND ESSENTIAL PERFORMANCE OF ELECTRON ACCELERATORS IN THE RANGE 1 MEV TO 50 MEV (IEC 60601-2-1:2009+A1:2014)
    CSA C22.2 No. 60601.2.17 : 2015 MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - PART 2-17: PARTICULAR REQUIREMENTS FOR THE BASIC SAFETY AND ESSENTIAL PERFORMANCE OF AUTOMATICALLY-CONTROLLED BRACHYTHERAPY AFTERLOADING EQUIPMENT
    I.S. EN 60601-2-29:2008 MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - PART 2-29: PARTICULAR REQUIREMENTS FOR THE BASIC SAFETY AND ESSENTIAL PERFORMANCE OF RADIOTHERAPY SIMULATORS (IEC 60601-2-29:2008 (EQV))
    CEI EN 62220-1-2 : 2009 MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - CHARACTERISTICS OF DIGITAL X-RAY IMAGING DEVICES - PART 1-2: DETERMINATION OF THE DETECTIVE QUANTUM EFFICIENCY - DETECTORS USED IN MAMMOGRAPHY
    I.S. EN 61331-1:2014 PROTECTIVE DEVICES AGAINST DIAGNOSTIC MEDICAL X-RADIATION - PART 1: DETERMINATION OF ATTENUATION PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS
    I.S. EN 60580:2000 MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - DOSE AREA PRODUCT METERS
    CEI 62-113 : 2001 EVALUATION AND ROUTINE TESTING IN MEDICAL IMAGING DEPARTMENTS - PART 2: CONSTANCY TESTS - EQUIPMENT FOR INDIRECT RADIOSCOPY AND INDIRECT
    I.S. EN 62464-2:2011 MAGNETIC RESONANCE EQUIPMENT FOR MEDICAL IMAGING - PART 2: CLASSIFICATION CRITERIA FOR PULSE SEQUENCES
    ISO 5359:2014 Anaesthetic and respiratory equipment Low-pressure hose assemblies for use with medical gases
    NF EN 60601-2-1 : 2016 MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - PART 2-1: PARTICULAR REQUIREMENTS FOR THE BASIC SAFETY AND ESSENTIAL PERFORMANCE OF ELECTRON ACCELERATORS IN THE RANGE 1 MEV TO 50 MEV
    I.S. EN 60601-2-64:2015 MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - PART 2-64: PARTICULAR REQUIREMENTS FOR THE BASIC SAFETY AND ESSENTIAL PERFORMANCE OF LIGHT ION BEAM MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
    I.S. EN 61262-1:1995 MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - CHARACTERISTICS OF ELECTRO-OPTICAL X-RAY IMAGE INTENSIFIERS - PART 1: DETERMINATION OF THE ENTRANCE FIELD SIZE
    NF EN 60601-2-54 : 2009 AMD 1 2015 MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - PART 2-54: PARTICULAR REQUIREMENTS FOR THE BASIC SAFETY AND ESSENTIAL PERFORMANCE OF X-RAY EQUIPMENT FOR RADIOGRAPHY AND RADIOSCOPY
    CEI EN 62467-1 : 2016 MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - DOSIMETRIC INSTRUMENTS AS USED IN BRACHYTHERAPY - PART 1: INSTRUMENTS BASED ON WELL-TYPE IONIZATION CHAMBERS
    CSA C22.2 No. 60601.2.43 : 2011 MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - PART 2-43: PARTICULAR REQUIREMENTS FOR THE BASIC SAFETY AND ESSENTIAL PERFORMANCE OF X-RAY EQUIPMENT FOR INTERVENTIONAL PROCEDURES
    CSA C22.2 No. 60601.2.1 : 2011 MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - PART 2-1: PARTICULAR REQUIREMENTS FOR THE BASIC SAFETY AND ESSENTIAL PERFORMANCE OF ELECTRON ACCELERATORS IN THE RANGE 1 MEV TO 50 MEV
    NF EN 62464-2 : 2011 MAGNETIC RESONANCE EQUIPMENT FOR MEDICAL IMAGING - PART 2: CLASSIFICATION CRITERIA FOR PULSE SEQUENCES
    I.S. EN 61674:2013 MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - DOSIMETERS WITH IONIZATION CHAMBERS AND/OR SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS AS USED IN X-RAY DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING (IEC 61674:2012 (EQV))
    AAMI ES60601-1 : 2005 : INC : AMD 1 : 2012 : R201200 MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - PART 1: GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR BASIC SAFETY AND ESSENTIAL PERFORMANCE (IEC 60601-1:2005, MOD)
    AAMI ES60601-1 : 2005 : INC : AMD 2 : 2012 : R201200 MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - PART 1: GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR BASIC SAFETY AND ESSENTIAL PERFORMANCE (IEC 60601-1:2005, MOD)
    AAMI ES60601-1 : 2005 : R2012 MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - PART 1: GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR BASIC SAFETY AND ESSENTIAL PERFORMANCE (IEC 60601-1:2005, MOD)
    IEC 60522:1999 Determination of the permanent filtration of X-ray tube assemblies
    IEC 60601-2-9:1996 Medical electrical equipment - Part 2: Particular requirements for the safety of patient contact dosemeters used in radiotherapy with electrically connected radiation detectors
    UNE-EN 61331-1:2015 Protective devices against diagnostic medical X-radiation - Part 1: Determination of attenuation properties of materials
    EN 60601-2-65:2013 Medical electrical equipment - Part 2-65: Particular requirements for the basic safety and essential performance of dental intra-oral X-ray equipment
    IEC 61262-3:1994 Medical electrical equipment - Characteristics of electro-optical X-ray image intensifiers - Part 3: Determination of the luminance distribution and luminance non-uniformity
    UNE-EN 61331-2:2015 Protective devices against diagnostic medical X-radiation - Part 2: Translucent protective plates
    IEC 61675-3:1998 Radionuclide imaging devices - Characteristics and test conditions - Part 3: Gamma camera based wholebody imaging systems
    I.S. EN 61223-2-6:2007 EVALUATION AND ROUTINE TESTING IN MEDICAL IMAGING DEPARTMENTS - PART 2-6: CONSTANCY TESTS - IMAGING PERFORMANCE OF COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY X-RAY EQUIPMENT
    I.S. EN 61303:1996 MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - RADIONUCLIDE CALIBRATORS - PARTICULAR METHODS FOR DESCRIBING PERFORMANCE
    EN 60601-2-7:1998 Medical electrical equipment - Part 2-7: Particular requirements for the safety of high-voltage generators of diagnostic X-ray generators
    EN 61223-2-5:1994 Evaluation and routine testing in medical imaging departments - Part 2-5: Constancy tests - Image display devices
    EN 61262-1:1994 Medical electrical equipment - Characteristics of electro-optical X-ray image intensifiers - Part 1: Determination of the entrance field size
    NF EN 60522 : 2003 DETERMINATION OF THE PERMANENT FILTRATION OF X-RAY TUBE ASSEMBLIES
    EN 61223-3-1:1999 EVALUATION AND ROUTINE TESTING IN MEDICAL IMAGING DEPARTMENTS - ACCEPTANCE TESTS - IMAGING PERFORMANCE OF X-RAY EQUIPMENT FOR RADIOGRAPHIC AND RADIOSCOPIC SYSTEMS
    EN 61168 : 1994 Radiotherapy simulators - Functional performance characteristics
    BS 6530(1994) : 1994 AMD 8835 METHODS FOR DETERMINING THE CHARACTERISTICS OF FOCAL SPOTS IN DIAGNOSTIC X-RAY TUBE ASSEMBLIES FOR MEDICAL USE
    EN 60522:1999 Determination of the permanent filtration of X-ray tube assemblies
    EN 62494-1:2008 Medical electrical equipment - Exposure index of digital X-ray imaging systems - Part 1: Definitions and requirements for general radiography
    EN 60601-1-2:2015 Medical electrical equipment - Part 1-2: General requirements for basic safety and essential performance - Collateral Standard: Electromagnetic disturbances - Requirements and tests
    EN 60627:2015 Diagnostic X-ray imaging equipment - Characteristics of general purpose and mammographic anti-scatter grids
    EN 61303:1995/AC:2016-07 MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - RADIONUCLIDE CALIBRATORS - PARTICULAR METHODS FOR DESCRIBING PERFORMANCE (IEC 61303:1994/COR1:2016)
    EN 61675-3:1998 Radionuclide imaging devices - Characteristics and test conditions - Part 3: Gamma camera based wholebody imaging systems
    EN 61262-2:1994 Medical electrical equipment - Characteristics of electro-optical X-ray image intensifiers - Part 2: Determination of the conversion factor
    NF EN 60336 : 2005 MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - X-RAY TUBE ASSEMBLIES FOR MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS - CHARACTERISTICS OF FOCAL SPOTS
    EN 60601-2-28:2010 Medical electrical equipment - Part 2-28: Particular requirements for the basic safety and essential performance of X-ray tube assemblies for medical diagnosis
    NF EN 61223-3-5 : 2005 EVALUATION AND ROUTINE TESTING IN MEDICAL IMAGING DEPARTMENTS - PART 3-5: ACCEPTANCE TESTS - IMAGING PERFORMANCE OF COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY X-RAY EQUIPMENT
    EN 61262-5:1994 Medical electrical equipment - Characteristics of electro-optical X-ray image intensifiers - Part 5: Determination of the detective quantum efficiency