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Optimizing non‐Pb radiation shielding materials using bilayers

J. P. McCaffrey, Ernesto Mainegra‐Hing, Hao Shen

Medical Physics · 2009 · 102 citations · 18 references

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Depending on the x-ray quality, appropriate choices of two complementary metal-embedded elastomer layers can decrease the weight of radiation shielding garments by up to 25% compared to Pb-based elastomer garments while providing equivalent attenuation.

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