What is it about?
This article explains how health professionals can protect themselves against ionizing radiation in the setting of interventional radiology. The major focus of the study was the lens´exposure.
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Why is it important?
Nowadays more and more radiological interventions are being performed. Professionals should know how to protect themselves against ionizing radiation.
Perspectives
Even though they are heavy, radiation protection glasses should be worn all times by the main operator during a radiological intervention.
Dr Joana Barata Tavares
North Lisbon Hospital Centre
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This page is a summary of: The importance of protection glasses during neuroangiographies: A study on radiation exposure at the lens of the primary operator, Interventional Neuroradiology, February 2016, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/1591019916628322.
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