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Do you know how many sieverts you get each time? I had one of those and I think I got one year's worth of background radiation in those few seconds that it last

by milemi 8y ago

Do you know how many sieverts you get each time? I had one of those and I think I got one year's worth of background radiation in those few seconds that it lasted.

1000units 8y ago
A lot of people get blasted with obsene amounts of ionizing radiation so the insurance pool can save a few bucks over an MRI. Disgusting.
- nradov 8y ago
  It's not necessarily a cost issue. CT scanners have higher spacial resolution for angiography.
  - 1000units 8y ago
    Interesting. How often are head CT's without contrast ordered following concussion? How often should they have been MRI's?
mlindner 8y ago
People worry too much about radiation. A year's worth of background radiation is not that much radiation.
- milemi 8y ago
  I wouldn't know what's too much or not, but here's a link with the numbers https://www.radiologyinfo.org/en/info.cfm?pg=safety-xray https://www.radiologyinfo.org/en/info.cfm?pg=safety-xray