"A lot of the work that's currently being done in this field is looking at alternatives to lead for gamma protection," said Terry Thiem.

Lead's time in medical devices is quickly running out and opportunistic plastics suppliers are jumping into the void being left by out-of-favor toxic metal to offer polymer compounds that offer ...

New shielding for the imager, with ergonomic cutouts, now used at the researchers’ institution (Photo Credit: Akihisa Kataoka) For interventional imagers participating in structural heart ...