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| flat piece of plastic covered lead |
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| attached to the xray tube, shield is suspended over the area being radiated |
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consists of a radiopaque material contoured to enclose the testicles
can be cleaned and reused |
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| gonadal shielding should be used when the gonads lie in or within __ cm of a wel collimated field or the useful beam |
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| flat contact shield used in |
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| in a sterile field or incapacitated patient |
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| shape contact shield is used |
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AP or PA
lateral
oblique
selected fluoroscopic exam |
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| shield males in the following exams: |
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pelvis
hip (except oblique)
upper femur
CXR
extremity exams |
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