In addition, the high-energy X-ray components that cause scattered radiation are also simultaneously cut out to reduce the radiologist's exposure to scattered radiation and to prevent the image contrast from deteriorating.

Toshiba's unique tantalum filtration dramatically reduces absorbed patient dose and also back scattered radiation to the tableside operator.

Tantalum replicates the performance of copper in terms of dose reduction but provides a superior signal to noise ratio which translates to improved image quality.

Toshiba fluoroscopy systems provide a choice of three different filtrations, 0.03mm Tantalum, 0.06mm Tantalum, and 1.5mm Aluminum.Once programmed for a particular examination the filters automatically are placed.The figure shows the dramatic reduction in soft radiation for 0.03mm of Tantalum vs 1.5mm of Aluminum.