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Radiation Dose Comparison of Electron Beam
Tomography (EBT)
and a Multi-Slice CT Scanner (MSCT)
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Radiation from
one scan |
Radiation dose
in units of years |
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Radiation
Source |
EBT Dose |
MSCT
Dose |
EBT Dose
in Year
Equivalents |
MSCT
Dose in
Year
Equivalents |
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Heart
Scan |
50 mrem |
1130
mrem |
0.17 |
3.77 |
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Coronary
Angiography |
115 mrem |
1200
mrem |
0.38 |
0.10 |
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Lung
Scan |
150 mrem |
650
mrem |
0.50 |
2.17 |
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Body
Scan |
350 mrem |
2400
mrem |
1.17 |
8.00 |
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Virtual
Colonography |
300 mrem |
6700
mrem |
1.00 |
22.33 |
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Annual whole body dose from natural causes
--------------------- 300 millirem |
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Cross Country Plan Trip
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6 millirem |
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Two View Chest X-Ray
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10 millirem |
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See Testing
Comparison Chart on Cost, Accuracy and Radiation |
