Radiation shielding material, ionizing

Definition

A radiation protection device that attenuates ionizing radiation used to create barriers between an individual or a specific body part and a source of primary or scattered radiation used in medical or dental procedures. This group of devices includes a variety of materials, e.g., lead (Pb) bricks and sheets, lead-equivalent materials, leaded glass or plastic, tungsten (W), low molecular weight plastics or hydrogenous materials. Examples of use can be: lead bricks to build protective structures, lead sheets used in walls and doors, leaded glass or leaded-plastic sheets used in windows, mouldable lead-equivalent plastic or thermoplastic materials used to shield specific anatomical areas.

GUDID devices

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2020-04-27 21:53:21