[ RadSafe ] non-lead based apparel in Diagnostic Radiology

[garyi at trinityphysics.com]

I think they are great.  For fluoroscopy, where you 
really want aprons, the typical beam energy is <100 
kVp, and that's going to be scatter radiation too.  
So you're almost never really trying to protect the 
technologists from >100 kVp photons.

-Gary Isenhower



On 16 Jan 2007 at 9:22, michael olex wrote:

Hello all,

Does anyone have any strong feelings regarding 
the use of non-lead based apparel in a diagnostic 
radiology department.  We're mainly looking at 
Xenolite-NL due to the weight, lack of disposal 
issues, and performance.  However, I'm a little 
hesitant due the transmission through the Xenolite 
at energies above 100 kVp.  

Does anyone use this regularly and have any 
words of wisdom to offer?

Mike Olex, MS
Medical Physicst
molex77 at yahoo.com