Addition: This Particular Standard applies to X-RAY EQUIPMENT declared by the MANUFACTURER to be suitable for prolonged RADIOSCOPICALLY GUIDED INTERVENTIONAL PROCEDURES. Its scope excludes@ in particular: ?C equipment for RADIOTHERAPY; ?C equipment for COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; ?C ACCESSORIES intended to be introduced into the PATIENT; ?C mammographic X-RAY EQUIPMENT. NOTE 1? Examples of prolonged RADIOSCOPICALLY GUIDED INTERVENTIONAL PROCEDURES@ for which the use of EQUIPMENT complying with this standard is recommended@ are given in annex BB. NOTE 2? The particular requirements of this standard are not essential for EQUIPMENT used in all RADIOSCOPICALLY GUIDED INTERVENTIONAL PROCEDURES. Examples of procedures@ for which the use of EQUIPMENT complying with this standard is considered not to be essential@ are given in annex BB. EQUIPMENT declared by the MANUFACTURER to be suitable for RADIOSCOPICALLY GUIDED INTERVENTIONAL PROCEDURES@ which does not include a PATIENT SUPPORT as part of the system@ is exempt from the PATIENT SUPPORT provisions of this standard. ?