Scientists at Columbia Engineering have created a machine learning algorithm that can observe the pattern produced by ...

Direct exposure to the X-ray beam can cause radiation damage and burns to the skin and underlying tissues, and in severe cases, may necessitate skin grafts or even amputation. Exposure to the eyes can ...

Other CT examinations involve higher radiation doses ranging up to eight times the dose received from background radiation in ... dose is at the body surface where the beam enters the body. In a ...

This is usually less than the estimated daily natural background dose received by the foetus ... adequate diagnostic quality (i.e. keeping the shielding outside of the X ray beam) and that it does not ...