à l'ampli

English translation: image intensifier

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French term or phrase:ampli (amplificateur de brillance)
English translation:image intensifier
Entered by: SJLD

21:08 Sep 30, 2009
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French to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical: Instruments
French term or phrase: à l'ampli
"on ne peut pas controler sa position a l'ampli"
Encountered in a text related to an instrument used for an intervertebral implant procedure
Heather Drake
Local time: 09:51
image intensifier
Explanation:
l'ampli is very probably "l'amplificateur de brillance" which is an image intensifier (C-arm)

http://www.humatem.org/fichiers/a_telecharger/fiches_infos_m...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-ray_image_intensifier

"à l'ampli" I think means "using the image intensifier" rather than "on" it.

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Note added at 20 mins (2009-09-30 21:28:17 GMT)
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BTW I read "controler sa position" as "check its position".

>> You can't check its position using the image intensifier.

Anyway, that's what I make of it with the meagre context :-)
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4 +3image intensifier
SJLD
3on the amplifier
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a l'ampli
on the amplifier


Explanation:
is what it usually means

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a l'ampli
image intensifier


Explanation:
l'ampli is very probably "l'amplificateur de brillance" which is an image intensifier (C-arm)

http://www.humatem.org/fichiers/a_telecharger/fiches_infos_m...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-ray_image_intensifier

"à l'ampli" I think means "using the image intensifier" rather than "on" it.

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Note added at 20 mins (2009-09-30 21:28:17 GMT)
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BTW I read "controler sa position" as "check its position".

>> You can't check its position using the image intensifier.

Anyway, that's what I make of it with the meagre context :-)

SJLD
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agree  Joanne Archambault: on the fully translated expression
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agree  Michael Lotz
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