A flexible shield to protect personnel during interventional procedures.
A flexible shield is described that reduces x-ray scatter to the radiologist's hands by as much as 73%. The shield can be made in the radiology department using readily available, flexible, lead-vinyl material.
D006225:Hand; D006801:Humans; D011835:Radiation Protection / Q000295:instrumentation*; D011871:Radiology / Q000295:instrumentation*