[Improved Protective Equipment for NICU Portable Radiography].

We have been developing protective equipment for portable radiography in neonatal intensive care units because the portable radiography's X-ray tube is in close proximity to the head of the nurse who is assisting the patient. Although our initial protective-equipment design was highly effective, there were some concerns that it obstructed the view of the patient and was difficult to handle. To overcome this problem, we have developed two new types of protective device: a narrow-type 0.

[Creation of Protective Equipment for Portable Radiography in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit].

Portable imaging in the NICU requires the assistance of a nurse, and the nurse is in close proximity to the X-ray tube, In all, 64 percent of our nurses thought that additional protective equipment was needed. Therefore, a radiation protection device was created and its usefulness was verified. A protective equipment of 0.

[Usefulness of Radiation Protection Cloths in Fluoroscopy with Clean Areas].

Lowering the dose limit for the lens of the eye incorporated into the Regulation on Prevention of Ionizing Radiation Hazards, effective on April 2021, and dose reduction will become more and more important in the field of radiation. Radiation protective cloth is used as a protective equipment in fluoroscopy rooms. Although it is usually used to protect staff from radiation exposure during endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, we investigated whether there is a way to use it for procedures in clean areas.

[Comparison of Frontal and Lateral Measurements of Bone Mineral Density of the Lumbar Spine with Dual-energy X-ray Absorptiometry (DXA) in Spinal Deformity: a Phantom Study].

The bone mineral density (BMD) measurement of the lumbar spine with dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) has the advantage of being able to detect early changes in BMD, which is usually used for the evaluation of drug therapy. However, DXA is not considered suitable for spinal deformity because it is a two-dimensional measurement. The aims of this study were to compare frontal and lateral measurements with a phantom and to examine the possibility of the evaluation of lumbar spine BMD in spinal deformity.