Reconsidering the Value of Gonadal Shielding During Abdominal/Pelvic Radiography
Authors: Keith J. Strauss, MSc, Eric L. Gingold, PhD, and Donald P. Frush, MD Shielding the gonads, especially when imaging children with ionizing radiation, has been widely accepted as good radiologic practice since it was introduced approximately 60 years ago [1, 2], when some of the first estimates of radiation dose to the reproductive organs […]