Exposure to radiation in diagnostics rises: NHIA

The average exposure to medical radiation of Taiwanese has slightly increased to 3.44 millisievert (mSv) this year from 3.11 mSv in 2016, the National Health Insurance Administration (NHIA) said yesterday.
Despite the increase, the average amount remains much lower than 100mSv, the maximum amount suggested as safe by the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, it said.
The agency made the remarks as it introduced a new function on its mobile app, My Health Bank, that allows users to estimate their annual exposure to medical radiation.
People are exposed to several natural sources of radiation, such as cosmic radiation, and radiation released from

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