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Question:
Explain why it is necessary to use relatively low energy X-rays to produce an image of the breast.
My answer:
Currently x-rays energy levels used during mammograms have approximately a one in a million chance of inducing cancer, this means that approximately for every two-hundred cancers found one is caused. This risk level is generally seen as being acceptable. Increasing the energy of these x-rays used would increase the risk of inducing cancer, so low energy levels are used to avoid a threat to the patient.
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Explain why it is necessary to use relatively low energy X-rays to produce an image of the breast.
My answer:
Currently x-rays energy levels used during mammograms have approximately a one in a million chance of inducing cancer, this means that approximately for every two-hundred cancers found one is caused. This risk level is generally seen as being acceptable. Increasing the energy of these x-rays used would increase the risk of inducing cancer, so low energy levels are used to avoid a threat to the patient.
Does this answer seem OK to everyone? If you think there's anything i have missed or should add let me know :)