Tungsten Medical Shielding

Tungsten alloy is ideal for shielding against X rays and gamma radiation. The very high density of tungsten shielding (more than 60% denser than lead) allows a reduction in the physical size of shielding components, without compromising their rigidity or the effectiveness of the shielding characteristics.

Tungsten heavy alloy shielding is used in applications such as collimator, nuclear shielding, beam stop,  syringe shield, vial shield, isotope container, FDG container, multi leaf collimator etc.

Positron emission tomography  is one of the nuclear medicine techniques available for diagnosis. Whilst X-rays provide information on the structure of the body, it shows the chemical function of a particular organism.  As the
travels through the patient’s body it emits gamma radiation which is detected by a gamma camera, from which the chemical activity within cells and organs can be seen. Any abnormal chemical activity may be a sign that tumours are present.

Radiotherapy destroys cancer by directing beams of radiation directly onto the tumour. The beams of radiation require a very fine focus to avoid harming the surrounding healthy tissue. This focus is achieved by using a multi-leaf collimator, consisting of two rows of very thin tungsten alloy plates, which can be configured to exactly match the dimensions of the tumour.