How much scatter is created from an AP chest x-ray?
Recently I attended a lecture where an educator’s student had held a CR cassette in front of his chest (he was wearing a full…
How much can you over-radiate and still get a perfect image?
Without a phantom it is almost impossible to see how easy it is to over-radiate a patient and still have a perfect (or at…
Off-Focus Radiation
This whole project began when we tried to prove if a patient should be shielded in the front or the back for a PA…
Entrance, Midline and Exit Doses
A while back I started to wonder about how much dose actually occurred in the middle of the body (the Midline Dose). My good…
Grid Cut-Off with DR & CR
Back in March I wrote a blog about grid cut-off in the digital world. It explained things, but in a 1 page article there…
Radiation Dose You Get When Holding the IR for a Swimmers Exposure
For quite a while I’ve heard about techs in some states who actually hold the IR for exposures, especially on cross table work. All I can…
The Difference in Lead Apron Thickness
A few years ago I was in charge of choosing and purchasing the lead aprons used in our radiology department. We had one main…
Comparison of .25 and .5mm Lead Aprons & 90 and 60 degrees of Scattered Beam
This experiment will be the second in a series about lead aprons. As you may recall from the last Significant Experiment; there was never…
Lead Aprons are for Scatter Radiation Only
This experiment is part 3 in my series on lead aprons and will show that the average lead apron we use to protect ourselves…