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To avoid unnecessary exposure, we recommend that as many people as possible leave the operating theatre, and those remaining either wear a leaded apron or remain behind a shielded screen.
The coefficients of the regression line representing the relation between the doses measured above and those measured under the leaded apron were derived, resulting in the equation Y = 0.036 X − 0.004, with Y as the dependent variable (dose under the lead apron) and X as the predictor value (dose above the lead apron).
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However, leaded aprons, glasses, thyroid shields and other types of lead barriers seem most appropriate to minimize the physician's exposure.
Other dose-reducing techniques include long source-film distances (88%), rectangular beam limitation (47%), leaded aprons (95% for extraoral films; 85% with thyroid collars for intraoral films), and rare earth intensifying screens (100%).
Today, in most cardiology imaging laboratories and in interventional radiology fluoroscopy rooms, overhead radiation shields, thyroid shields, and leaded aprons are employed to reduce the radiation doses to the operators head and neck.
Thus, they have argued for not only leaded aprons, glasses, thyroid shields, but also leaded gloves.
Because of the ergonomic hazards of personal protective devices (particularly leaded aprons), attempts to reduce the fatigue and injury associated with wearing heavy protective apparel have been made [ 44].
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