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- Interventional radiologists often face increased radiation exposure due to unprotected areas in standard x-ray protective clothing, particularly around the arms.
- This study compares radiation doses received by operators wearing standard protective gear versus modified gear that includes an additional shoulder guard.
- Results show that the modified clothing significantly reduces organ doses and effective radiation exposure, indicating it could lower occupational risks for radiologists.
Article Abstract
Background: In interventional radiology procedures, the operator typically stands on the right side of the patient's right thigh to manipulate devices through the femoral sheath. Because the standard x-ray protective clothing is designed as sleeveless and scatter radiations from the patient are mainly incident from the left-anterior direction to the operator, the arm hole of the clothing may be a significant unprotected area, contributing to an increase in the operator's organ doses and effective dose.
Purpose: This study aimed to compare the organ doses and effective dose received by the interventional radiologist when wearing the standard x-ray protective clothing and when wearing the modified clothing with an additional shoulder guard.
Methods: The experimental setup aimed to simulate actual clinical practice in interventional radiology. The patient phantom was located at the beam center to generate scatter radiation. An adult female anthropomorphic phantom loaded with 126 nanoDots (Landauer Inc., Glenwood, IL) was used to measure organ and effective doses to the operator. The standard wrap-around type x-ray protective clothing offered 0.25-mm lead-equivalent protection, and the frontal overlap area offered 0.50-mm lead-equivalent protection. The shoulder guard was custom-made with a material providing x-ray protection equivalent to lead of 0.50 mm thickness. The organ and effective doses were compared between the operator wearing the standard protective clothing and the one wearing the modified clothing with a shoulder guard.
Results: After adding the shoulder guard, doses to the lungs, bone marrow, and esophagus decreased by 81.9%, 58.6%, and 58.7%, respectively, and the effective dose to the operator decreased by 47.7%.
Conclusions: Widespread use of modified x-ray protective clothing with shoulder guards can significantly decrease the overall occupational radiation risk in interventional radiology.
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