To Scan or Not to Scan? It has become popular for some
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To Scan or Not to Scan? It has become popular for some people to have yearly whole-body scans (CT scans, formerly called CAT scans) using x rays, just to see if they detect anything suspicious. A number of medical people have recently questioned the advisability of such scans, due in part to the radiation they impart. Typically, one such scan gives a dose of 12 mSv, applied to the whole body. By contrast, a chest x ray typically administers 0.20 mSv to only 5.0 kg of tissue. How many chest x rays would deliver the same total amount of energy to the body of a 75-kg person as one whole-body scan?
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