How much radiation does medical imaging techniques like tomography, x-ray and scintigraphy contain?
According to the data of the international atomic energy agency (iaea), it is as follows:
- interventional surgical procedures – 20 msv,
- angiography – 12 msv
- computed tomography – 8.6 msv
- heart scintigraphy – 8 msv
- lower digestive system x-ray – 6.4 msv
- brain scintigraphy – 6 msv
- bone scintigraphy – 4.5 msv
- gallbladder x-ray – 2 msv
- upper nervous system x-ray – 3.7 msv
- kidney scintigraphy – 1, 9 msv
- lumbar spine x-ray – 1.8 msv
- liver spleen scintigraphy – 1.7 msv
- lung perfusion scintigraphy – 1, 5 msv
- thoracic spine x-ray – 1.4 msv
- chest fluoroscopy – 1.1 msv
- lung ventilation scintigraphy – 1 msv
- hip joint x-ray – 0.83 msv
- chest photofloroscopy -0.65 msv
- abdominal x-ray – 0.55 msv
- mammography – 0, 5 msv
- neck spine x-ray – 0.27 msv
- chest x-ray -0.14 msv
- head x-ray – 0.1 msv
- arm-leg x-ray – 0.06 msv
- dental x-ray – 0.03 msv
