Strategy to Reduce the Collective Equivalent Dose for the Lens of the Physician’s Eye Using Short Radiation Protection Curtains to Prevent Cataracts

Strategy to Reduce the Collective Equivalent Dose for the Lens of the Physician’s Eye Using Short Radiation Protection Curtains to Prevent Cataracts

A short curtain that improves on the low versatility of existing long curtains was developed as a dedicated radiation protective device for the over-table tube fluorographic imaging units. The effect of this short curtain in preventing cataracts was then examined. First, the physician lens dose redu...

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Main Authors: Koichi Nakagami, Takashi Moritake, Keisuke Nagamoto, Koichi Morota, Satoru Matsuzaki, Tomoko Kuriyama, Naoki Kunugita
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-08-01
Series:Diagnostics
Subjects:
radiation protective curtain
fluorography
lens dose
collective dose
cataract
population strategy
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4418/11/8/1415

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