A Novel Catheterization Laboratory Radiation Shielding System: Results of Pre-Clinical Testing

This pre-clinical study evaluated the efficacy of a novel shielding system to reduce scatter radiation in the cardiac catheterization laboratory.Using a scatter radiation phantom in a standard cardiac catheterization laboratory, a radiation physicist recorded radiation measurements at 20 reference points on the operator side of the table. Measurements were made with fluoroscopy and cine with the C-arm in the posterior-anterior (PA) and 40...