section_path: Risks and safety issues
section_name: Risks and safety issues
paragraph_text: Risks and safety issues
  
  Medical imaging can lead to patient and healthcare provider harm through exposure to ionizing radiation, iodinated contrast, magnetic fields, and other hazards.
  
  Lead is the main material used for radiographic shielding against scattered X-rays.
  
  In magnetic resonance imaging, there is MRI RF shielding as well as magnetic shielding to prevent external disturbance of image quality.