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GenaCL600 [577]
3 years ago
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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 6.0 kg of tissue. How many chest x rays would deliver the same total amount of energy to the body of a 85 kg person as one whole-body scan?
Physics
1 answer:
aksik [14]3 years ago
7 0

Answer:

Explanation:

Given

One CT scan gives a dose of 12 mSv

and a chest X ray typically administer 0.2 mSv to 6 kg tissue

mass of Person m=85 kg

therefore \frac{85}{6}=14.167

N no of x-Ray equals to 12 mSv dose of CT scan

n=\frac{12}{0.2}=60

Therefore total no of x ray required is =60\times 14.167=850.02\approx 850 X rays

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