X-Message-Number: 20688
From: "Brett Bellmore" <>
Subject: Re: CryoNet #20679 scans and radiation
Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2002 22:20:05 -0500

>From: "aschwin de wolf" >
"Any views on this?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/1097136.stm

"Dr Edwin van Beek, an expert in radiology at the Royal Hallamshire
Hospital, said people should not be exposed to the ionising radiation
associated with scans unless it was absolutely necessary as this carried a
health risk in itself.

His view was echoed by Dr Dave Harvey, a consultant radiologist, who said:
"An individual undegoing this examination receives much more radiation than
they would from all other sources for several years - they might as well
take a trip to Chernobyl."


According to this source:
https://heartscan.com/doctors/Applications%20Training/Electron%20Beam%20Tomo
graphy%20Radiation%20Dosage.doc , the type of scan I got results in a 50-60
mrem dosage of radiation. That's about two month's average background
radiation. I'm not shivering in my boots over a radiation exposure
equivalent to a few weeks in Denver...

Brett Bellmore

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