Protective clothing for mammary gland examination

Abstract

The invention provides a protective garment for breast examination. The garment comprises a body, a collar and sleeves. Openings are formed on two sides of the front chest of the body. An openable cover piece covers the outer side of each opening. The body, the collar, the sleeves and the cover pieces are made of X-ray shielding material. The protective garment for breast examination has the advantages that the examination areas can be exposed according to shooting requirements, extra radiation dose received by a to-be-examined person is reduced, privacy of the to-be-examined person is protected, and the protective garment is simple in process, convenient to take on and off, and universal in specification.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the field of protective clothing for clinical medicine, in particular to a protective clothing for breast examination. Background technique [0002] Breast cancer is a major cancer that threatens women's health, with a mortality rate as high as 13.7%. At present, the incidence rate is increasing year by year and the age is decreasing. The curative effect of breast cancer depends more on the stage of the disease. Early diagnosis is one of the key factors to ensure timely treatment and prolong the life of patients. The cure rate of ductal carcinoma in situ in early breast cancer can reach more than 95%. Breast cancer screening is an effective way to improve the cure rate in developed countries. At present, the most mature and effective medical screening and diagnosis method is X-ray mammography. [0003] In the prior art, when the examinee takes a mammogram, he wears a front-opening examination suit without radiation-shielding m...

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Problems solved by technology

[0003] In the prior art, when the examinee takes a mammogram, he wears a front-opening examination suit without radiation-shielding material, and needs to take off the sleeve on one side to expose the breast on the corresponding side. Completing a set of examinations often requires multiple photographs of the breasts on both sides, so it is necessary to repeatedly take off and put on the examination clothes, which is a cumbersome process. Much larger than the imaging site (such as the breast), causing some non-examination parts to be irradiated during the examination process, resulting in additional radiation dose to the patient

In addition, X-ray protective clothing is usually made of lead rubber, which is hard, not light enough, and lacks comfort. It cannot be folded at will to prevent creases from affecting the radiation shielding effect.

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