Adult Effective Doses (mSv) for Radiographic and Nuclear Medicine Procedures
| Procedure | Average effective dose (mSv) |
| Posterior/anterior and lateral chest radiography | 0.1 |
| 99mTc-radionuclide cystography | 0.1 |
| Mammography | 0.4 |
| Lumbar spine radiography | 1.5 |
| Head CT | 2.0 |
| 99mTc-MAG3 renal scanning | 2.7 |
| Intravenous urography | 3.0 |
| 99mTc-MDP bone scanning | 4.2 |
| 123I-metaiodobenzylguanidine scanning | 4.8 |
| 99mTc-ethylcysteinate dimer brain scanning | 5.7 |
| Pelvic CT | 6.0 |
| 99mTc-sestamibi for stress/rest cardiac scanning | 6.7 |
| Chest CT | 7.0 |
| Coronary angiography | 7.0 |
| 18F-FDG PET scanning | 7.4 |
| Abdominal CT | 8.0 |
| Coronary angioplasty with stent placement | 15.0 |
Radiopharmaceutical doses are from Table 1 except 99mTc-radionuclide cystogram dose (24–27). Radiographic doses are from Mettler et al. (23).