0.0mSv
Zero Radiation

Chest X-ray
0.02mSv*

One-way flight from
Perth to Sydney
0.025mSv

Yearly dose per person
from food and drink
0.3mSv (per annum)

Mammogram
0.3mSv*

Yearly dose from
living indoors
0.75mSv (per annum)

CT Scan (Brain)
2.0mSv*

Yearly dose of
outdoor background
radiation for Australians
1.5 - 3.0mSv

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CT Scan (Abdomen)
10.0mSv*

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another 200 times you
would get to 100.0mSv
where a minor risk
of cancer is evident.

So relax, knowing the
low dose technologies
used in SKG x-rays and other
diagnostic examinations
ensure that you receive
the smallest possible
dose of radiation.

* Typical average doses received
during various routine diagnostic
exams (not specific to SKG)

^National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements.
Uncertainties in fatal cancer risk estimates used in
radiation protection.
Bethesda, MD: NCRP; NCRP Report No. 126; 1997. PS010-2