TY - JOUR
T1 - Usefulness of non-lead aprons in radiation protection for physicians performing interventional procedures
AU - Zuguchi, Masayuki
AU - Chida, Koichi
AU - Taura, Masaaki
AU - Inaba, Yohei
AU - Ebata, Ayako
AU - Yamada, Shogo
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported in part by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (19591398) from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - At present, interventional radiology (IVR) tends to involve long procedures (long radiation duration), and physicians are near to the source of scattered radiation. Hence, shielding is critical in protecting physicians from radiation. Protective aprons and additional lead-shielding devices, such as tableside lead drapes, are important means of protecting the physician from scattered radiation. The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether non-lead aprons are effective in protecting physicians from radiation during IVR procedures. In this study, the radiation protection effects of commercially available protective lead and non-lead aprons, when exposed to diagnostic X rays, are compared. The performance of these non-lead and lead aprons was similar for scattered X rays at tube voltages of 60-120 kV. Properly designed non-lead aprons are thus more suitable for physicians because they weigh ∼20% less than the lead aprons, and are non-toxic.
AB - At present, interventional radiology (IVR) tends to involve long procedures (long radiation duration), and physicians are near to the source of scattered radiation. Hence, shielding is critical in protecting physicians from radiation. Protective aprons and additional lead-shielding devices, such as tableside lead drapes, are important means of protecting the physician from scattered radiation. The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether non-lead aprons are effective in protecting physicians from radiation during IVR procedures. In this study, the radiation protection effects of commercially available protective lead and non-lead aprons, when exposed to diagnostic X rays, are compared. The performance of these non-lead and lead aprons was similar for scattered X rays at tube voltages of 60-120 kV. Properly designed non-lead aprons are thus more suitable for physicians because they weigh ∼20% less than the lead aprons, and are non-toxic.
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U2 - 10.1093/rpd/ncn244
DO - 10.1093/rpd/ncn244
M3 - Article
C2 - 18801753
AN - SCOPUS:57249107885
SN - 0144-8420
VL - 131
SP - 531
EP - 534
JO - Radiation Protection Dosimetry
JF - Radiation Protection Dosimetry
IS - 4
ER -
