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A. Newer CT scan machines use lower radiation doses. B. If you're getting only one scan a year you're fine and within yearly limits of radiation dosage conside
by ramraj07 2y ago
A. Newer CT scan machines use lower radiation doses.
B. If you're getting only one scan a year you're fine and within yearly limits of radiation dosage considered acceptable.
Remember that you'll get comparable levels of radiation even if you commute through the grand central station every day.
This paper is for lack of a better word, crap. It's becoming sensational for the conclusion it makes and I'm afraid it's now going to create more harm because of that.
- behnamoh 2y ago> B. If you're getting only one scan a year you're fine and within yearly limits of radiation dosage considered acceptable. But doesn't it make a difference if that "acceptable yearly limit" is spread out throughout the year as opposed to a few minutes of CT scan session?
- odyssey7 2y agoI really don’t buy it if someone says the opposite.
- DiggyJohnson 2y agoTf is going on in Grand Central?
- itishappy 2y agoGranite.
- dmd 2y agoYes, the term is DDREF - Dose and Dose Rate Effectiveness Factor.
- declan_roberts 2y agoWhat about contrast? I've heard it's really hard on your thyroid.
- bobmcnamara 2y agoThis isn't thorotrast we're talking about.
- uh_uh 2y ago> Remember that you'll get comparable levels of radiation even if you commute through the grand central station every day. Gemini says this: > A single typical CT scan delivers a dose that is roughly 1,000 to over 5,000 times higher than the dose you'd get from spending a few hours in Grand Central Terminal. Where did you get that from?
- dragonwriter 2y agoIf the hallucination machine can cite a source, check and cite that for facts, but don't cite the hallucination machine.
- uh_uh 2y agoWeird you don't have this requirement for the OP spewing his urban myths above.
- ssl-3 2y agoHuman hallucinations are natural. Machine hallucinations are avoidable.
- uh_uh 2y agoWas it hallucinating here, or are the commenters hallucinating? What OP is saying is just not true. A CT scan and normal daily commute in Grand Central station are NOT comparable in terms of radiation received. Somehow this is controversial because an AI said it?
- ssl-3 2y agoThe machine appears to have hallucinated the incomparable comparison, instead of a human. (And I'm not picking on the machine at all here. I use it all the time. At first, I used to treat it like an idiot intern that shouldn't have been hired at all: Creative and full of spirit, but untrustworthy and all ideas need to be filtered. But lately, it's more like an decent apprentice who has a hangover and isn't thinking straight today. The machine has been getting better as time presses on, but it still goes rather aloof from time to time.)
- dwroberts 2y agoI had a CT of my pelvis and abdomen recently and worked out it was equivalent to about 5 years worth of background radiation. The dose required is actually quite a lot higher than typical comparisons to eg chest X-rays and the like