Effectiveness of a new lead-shielding device and additional filter for reducing staff and patient radiation exposure during videofluoroscopic swallowing study using a human phantom
Dysphagia Sep 22, 2017
Morishima Y, et al. - This study was set up with the aim to assess a new lead-shielding device and separately attached additional filters (1.0-, 2.0-, and 3.0-mm Al filters and a 0.5-mm Cu filter) during videofluoroscopic swallowing study (VFSS) to reduce the patientÂs entrance skin dose (ESD). The physicians demonstrated that the combined VFSS Shielding Box and filters could effectively reduce the physicianÂs and patientÂs radiation doses.
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