Tungsten alloy shield will be more and more popular in a medical CT room. You know, CT device is a common medical equipment that mainly uses X-rays for image diagnosis. For these X-rays, effective shielding protection is required to ensure the safety of professional operators and the patients and their family members. Therefore, each wall and protective door of the medical CT room are specially designed.
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For example, there may be tungsten alloy plates on the ceiling, and the doors may be made of tungsten alloy plates, and the CT machine may also use tungsten alloy plates, tungsten alloy tubes and other shielding parts. Traditional lead shielding materials are inferior to tungsten alloys in radiation protection (high-density tungsten alloy shields can provide the same energy absorption, but the volume is less than 1/3 of lead) while its cost is relatively cheaper, so it is mainly used in medical shielding. However, as the concept of lead-free is accepted by more people, environmentally friendly tungsten alloy shielding materials is expected to replace lead shielding materials.
At present, chest CT plays a very important role in the screening process of novel coronavirus pneumonia. While there is radiation during CT examination. Some people worry, will waiting in line outside the door be affected by radiation? As mentioned at the beginning, the walls and doors of the CT room generally meet the requirements for radiation protection. Therefore, outside the CT room, it is usually not affected.
