Part 1 · How Medical Pictures Are Made
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A radiographer places a lead apron on a pregnant woman's belly before a chest X‑ray and steps behind a screen. Why behind the screen, if the beam points only at the patient? Because X‑rays scatter off the patient in all directions, like light bouncing off a white wall. That scatter is the main radiation risk to staff.
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