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14 May 2008, 9:54 am
flitterstads wrote:
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i know that the lead apron they use on me at the hospital weighs 35 pounds... 
Then don't get X-rayed in Denmark, the lead aprons we use where I am a student is leightweights. But ther are still cosy.
as long as they still feel heavy and get very very hot i am quite happy
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18 Feb 2009, 3:07 pm
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samantca wrote:
I was wondering... Is it possible, i mean.. Since one has a "disability" as society calls it.. Maybe it could be possible to actually get one of those as a "special needs" thingy? I think it certainly would be possible here in Norway, healthcare is good here. I cant really think of anything one can do with these things that are actually dangerous either...
dont even bother passing it through the govornment healthcare system... i doubt they will pay for it... but they are not that expensive... the average PVC coated one with 35 pounds is about 150 dollars... the HD (heavy duty) is about 45 pounds and runs about 200-250 dollars... i plan on buying one when i have the money and am not afraid of my parents questioning me about it
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18 Feb 2009, 3:12 pm
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18 Feb 2009, 3:25 pm
you can get aprons pretty cheap through pnwx.com they are donating one to me.
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18 Feb 2009, 4:03 pm
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I absolutely love it. I have to get x-rays often, not dental ones, but still i get the lead apron on me a lot... i even think of becoming a radiology technician possibly, just so i can wear it all the time haha. i especially like the PVC coated ones, they are really warm and soft and smooth feeling at the hospital... the lead is so soft it feels like really heavy liquid on top of you... i would love to buy one for myself, a weighted blanket just is not enough and they dont make them in the same material they do the aprons haha...
I doubt if many radiographers would wear one oftein, many medical radiographers work from behind a free standing shield. Industrial radiographers tend to use very high energy photon sources for which a 1 mm lead apron does no good. The lead apron might be of use when using low energy gamma emitters in large amounts.
But here are some pictures which you might like.
http://www.pnwx.com/Accessories/LeadPro ... 5751217012
Page 7 of http://www.gehealthcare.com/eude/fun_im ... pet_en.pdf
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18 Feb 2009, 4:04 pm
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18 Feb 2009, 4:47 pm
Woodpecker wrote:
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I absolutely love it. I have to get x-rays often, not dental ones, but still i get the lead apron on me a lot... i even think of becoming a radiology technician possibly, just so i can wear it all the time haha. i especially like the PVC coated ones, they are really warm and soft and smooth feeling at the hospital... the lead is so soft it feels like really heavy liquid on top of you... i would love to buy one for myself, a weighted blanket just is not enough and they dont make them in the same material they do the aprons haha...
I doubt if many radiographers would wear one oftein, many medical radiographers work from behind a free standing shield. Industrial radiographers tend to use very high energy photon sources for which a 1 mm lead apron does no good. The lead apron might be of use when using low energy gamma emitters in large amounts.
But here are some pictures which you might like.
http://www.pnwx.com/Accessories/LeadPro ... 5751217012
Page 7 of http://www.gehealthcare.com/eude/fun_im ... pet_en.pdf
woodpecker... you really dont know your stuff do you... every radiographic technician at my hospital wears one. never see those "shields" you speak of.
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18 Feb 2009, 5:40 pm
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18 Feb 2009, 5:43 pm
gramirez wrote:
I LOL'd at the thread title.
lol why.
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18 Feb 2009, 7:36 pm
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18 Feb 2009, 7:39 pm
LostInSpace wrote:
Strapples wrote:
I absolutely love it. I have to get x-rays often, not dental ones, but still i get the lead apron on me a lot... i even think of becoming a radiology technician possibly, just so i can wear it all the time haha. i especially like the PVC coated ones, they are really warm and soft and smooth feeling at the hospital... the lead is so soft it feels like really heavy liquid on top of you... i would love to buy one for myself, a weighted blanket just is not enough and they dont make them in the same material they do the aprons haha...
Yes, the full-body ones you wear in radiology are nice. As a speech pathologist I do modified barium swallows, which is basically watching an x-ray of someone's swallow (I know you've had this and know what it is, but others don't), and the lead apron comes down to below my knees. Very comfy! It can be very hot though, especially since radiology rooms tend to be overheated in general, and I don't like being hot.
haha, that is one of the reasons i am getting it haha, too cold in the house.
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18 Feb 2009, 11:56 pm
Strapples wrote:
Woodpecker wrote:
Strapples wrote:
I absolutely love it. I have to get x-rays often, not dental ones, but still i get the lead apron on me a lot... i even think of becoming a radiology technician possibly, just so i can wear it all the time haha. i especially like the PVC coated ones, they are really warm and soft and smooth feeling at the hospital... the lead is so soft it feels like really heavy liquid on top of you... i would love to buy one for myself, a weighted blanket just is not enough and they dont make them in the same material they do the aprons haha...
I doubt if many radiographers would wear one oftein, many medical radiographers work from behind a free standing shield. Industrial radiographers tend to use very high energy photon sources for which a 1 mm lead apron does no good. The lead apron might be of use when using low energy gamma emitters in large amounts.
But here are some pictures which you might like.
http://www.pnwx.com/Accessories/LeadPro ... 5751217012
Page 7 of http://www.gehealthcare.com/eude/fun_im ... pet_en.pdf
woodpecker... you really dont know your stuff do you... every radiographic technician at my hospital wears one. never see those "shields" you speak of.
I am sure that for most radiography that a lead apron is not needed, for example many dentists when they do radiographic work will do things such as step out of the room to use a brick wall as a shield, the lead apron will not protect the hands or the eyes / head. One application where the lead apron would be useful is in heart surgery where things get poked inside the person through veins. The doctor will oftein watch the movement of the things in real time using X-ray equipment.
If you want to see some details of early X-ray equipment then see http://www.bshr.org.uk/html/radiology_history.html
I am aware of some tales from the bad old days, when radiographers thought that skin going red was some sort of allergic reaction to the electric equipment which they used. Some radiographers ended up making suits with hats like Ned Kelly's hat to protect their faces, eyes and heads from X-rays. It ís much better to take advantage of the inverse square law and sheilding to reduce the radiographers's dose. The early X-ray equipment did not have much shielding around the tubes so the X-rays would fly off in all directions.
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19 Feb 2009, 1:19 am
Guys... you kinda have to remember that it's lead.
Isn't lead poisonous? And don't they say that lead poisoning has something to do with autism or some such nonsense?
Jus' something to think about.
19 Feb 2009, 5:59 am
Many modern lead aprons are lead free, they have things like zinc in them. Even if it has lead, if the lead is covered with plastic it should be safe unless you throw the apron on a fire and start to melt and boil the lead.
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19 Feb 2009, 11:12 am
