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Dokumen - Tips Radiation Protection in Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology
Dokumen - Tips Radiation Protection in Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology
PROTECTION IN
DIAGNOSTIC AND
INTERVENTIONAL
RADIOLOGY
Shielding and X Ray
room design
Introduction
• Subject matter: the theory
of shielding design and some
related construction aspects.
• The method used for
shielding design and the
basic shielding calculation
procedure
different directions
• This naturally complicates
shielding calculation
direction
– toward the chest Bucky stand
• The type of tube suspension will
be important, e.g.: ceiling
mounted, floor mounted, C-arm
etc.
12: Shielding and X Ray room 19
design
Tube Leakage
• All X Ray tubes have some
radiation leakage - there is
only 2-3 mm lead in the
housing
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