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How safe is nuclear medicine scan when compared to CT scans or X ray. What is the relative comparison between the radiation from both.
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All radiations affect the human body to varying effect whether it is TV, cellphone, electric power transmission line, X ray, CT, MRI, etc. You need to weigh benefits with respect to risks. A single exposure won't do much harm.
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Nuclear medicine scan ,the radiation decays after some time and they use very minimal(set by guidelines)radiation. Benefits are higher than CT or Xray as we can know more about a organ and its functioning as well.
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All radio scans are safe with single exposure. Repeated exposure there are set standards as per ISRO guidelines or Dept of Nuclear medicine.
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Dr. Merlin
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Better than other.
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