Patient's question:
Detailed medical condition and consultation purpose: Due to having experienced vomiting after three previous X-ray exposures and persistent poor health with frequent colds, I would like to ask the experts if this is the cause. What are the potential hazards of radiation to children? Does it affect intelligence? How can these hazards be reduced?Doctor's answer:
Hello, chest X-rays and DR are actually the same in principle, but the imaging technology is different. A chest X-ray uses X-rays to pass through the chest and project onto film to form the X-ray image, while DR is digital imaging, directly converting X-ray photons into digital images through an electronic cassette. The radiation dose to the human body is basically the same. Whether it's DR or traditional X-ray films, the radiation dose to the human body during the examination is very small. The people taking the X-rays are actually the ones exposed to the most radiation. If you compare it microscopically, a chest X-ray might have slightly more radiation than DR.