Radiation-dose in a Sentence
  • A person can receive a greater radiation dose on a plane flight to Spain then from an x-ray of the wrist or shoulder.
  • We carefully follow the current national guidelines for dental radiography and use modern, low radiation dose dental x-ray machines.
  • This has consequences for the radiation dose rate to the skin from radon decay products which is much higher outdoors compared with indoors.
  • For example, radiation dose from modern computed tomography scanners may be in excess of that produced by older models.
  • New CT scanners have preset imaging features that allow scanning at the lowest radiation dose for the child's weight and age.
  • However, the radiation from a CT scan is usually less than that from regular x rays, and the benefits of the examination far outweigh the minor radiation dose received during the scan.