How To Protect From Radiation

C-arm X-ray machines are standard imaging technology in many hospitals. These imaging devices are commonly used in orthopedic surgery, pain management, and emergency medicine.

Being used in many types of procedures, doctors and nurses are often exposed to radiation. However, due to lack of knowledge, risk perception or radiation protection strategies, doctors and nurses are often exposed to radiation. In long term run, may cause cancer or other health-damaging diseases.

The C-arm is an imaging scanner intensifier. The C-arms have radiographic capabilities and are primarily used for intraoperative imaging during surgical, orthopedic, and emergency care. C-arms are also commonly referred to as portable X-rays and are used for fluoroscopy.

The wire grid is used to filter out the stray scattered rays directed to the detector, and at the same time, it will also absorb some useful rays to increase the dose.

Adding aluminum filtration can effectively reduce the dose. The principle is to make the rays harder and less soft rays, that is, to increase the proportion of useful rays.

Advanced image processing algorithms to achieve the same image quality with a lower dose.

Choose a CMOS detector with a higher low-dose DQE.

Moreover, wearing appropriate radiation protection equipment is essential to protect doctors and nurses from radiation. With the development of technology, the widespread application of interventional surgical robots will also reduce radiation damage to doctors.

Picture source: from blog "interventional information" on internet.