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Lead bricks are commonly used as radiation shielding. Lead shielding refers to the use of lead as a form of radiation protection to shield people or objects from radiation so as to reduce the effective dose.
tive cap and boot are placed over the distal end of the DBS lead to protect it. A subgaleal pocket is then creÂ­ ated around the incision. The protective cap is then gently folded back upon itself so that a redundant loop of DBS lead is created (Fig. 1C). The lead and boot are then tunÂ­ neled in a retrograde fashion to the ipsilateral parietal Approach for tunneling the lead in deep brain stimulation