Just How Dangerous is Radiation from CT Scans? | ThriveAP

Just How Dangerous is Radiation from CT Scans? Coming to the ER with a headache and no prior migraine history? You can probably expect a head CT. Belly pain? That’ll probably warrant imaging as well. Just how much radiation are our patients getting with an average CT scan? What effect will this have on their future health? In 2009, the FDA published a Radiation Dose Comparison identifying the exact amount of radiation exposure from the average dental X-Ray to a CT scan of the abdomen. According.