ArticleRisk management and healthcare policy2020
Effectiveness of Breast and Eye Shielding During Cervical Spine Radiography: An Experimental Study.
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- Assessment of the Occupational Radiation Exposure of Anesthesia Staff in Interventional Cardiology.Risk management and healthcare policy · 2024Article
- The effect of breast shielding outside the field of view on breast entrance surface dose in axial X-ray examinations: a phantom study.Diagnostic and interventional radiology (Ankara, Turkey) · 2023Article
- Toward the strengthening of radioprotection during mammography examinations through transparent glass screens: A benchmarking between experimental and Monte Carlo simulation studies.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- The radiology workforce's response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Middle East, North Africa and India.Radiography (London, England : 1995) · 2021Article
- Impact of Eye and Breast Shielding on Organ Doses During Cervical Spine Radiography: Design and Validation of MIRD Computational Phantom.Frontiers in public health · 2021Article
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Abstract
purposeThis study assessed the effectiveness of breast and eye shielding and measured the radiation dose to radiosensitive tissues (eyes and breasts) due to scatter radiation during cervical spine X-ray radiography examinations.
methodsUsing an anthropomorphic phantom, the scattered radiation dose was measured before and after the placement of the lead shield over the eyes and breasts in the anteroposterior (AP) and left lateral projection. A regression formula was utilized to determine the exposure. Mean values and standard deviation of breasts and eyes doses were calculated. The paired two sample t-test was used to compare the recorded dose before and after shielding placement.
resultsRadiation shielding of eyes and breasts during AP cervical spine X-ray decreased radiation dose to the breasts by 99.9% and to the left and right eye by 91% and 89%, respectively. For the left lateral cervical spine X-ray, the radiation dose decreased by 26% and 31% for the left and right eye, respectively, and by 23% and 99% for the left and right breast, respectively. A significant difference was noted comparing the dose before and after the implementing shielding on the eye and breast.
conclusionAccording to the results presented, the dose is significantly reduced, especially considering that they are not in the area of interest but are exposed to scatter radiation.
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