[OldWarBaby]

As an old Nuke that’s been a big peeve of mine forever. I’ve yet to find a medical person who can say what the radiation exposure to any particular test might be. That’s why they get behind a lead wall when they are zapping us.

And that’s why they banned fluoroscopes. The operators couldn’t shield themselves.

[dljordan]

“And that’s why they banned fluoroscopes. The operators couldn’t shield themselves.”

I remember using one to look at my feet at the Golden Goose Shoes department at Harvey’s in Nashville in the 50s.

[richardtavor]

Just for grins, I took my own geiger counter to my last CT just to find out for myself. I clocked over 40,000 CPM (Counts per Minute) an hour after the test, and was still registering a 1000 the next day. However, I am fighting liver cancer, so I am checked by CT at least twice per year. I have at least 4 MRIs per year, but they don’t use radiation so are not as hazardous. I was amazed that when I asked the technicians about this, they were clueless. The best they could offer was that their management made them wear radiation badges, which were checked regularly.

[Svartalfiar]

As an old Nuke that’s been a big peeve of mine forever. I’ve yet to find a medical person who can say what the radiation exposure to any particular test might be. That’s why they get behind a lead wall when they are zapping us.

It's not so much because they don't know the dosage, it's because that dude is giving the scans 10, 20, 50 times a day. You the patient might get five or so scans once every couple years.