What is the difference between a low dose exam and a high dose exam?

What is the difference between a low dose exam and a high dose exam?

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A low dose examination, as you might suspect, involves the limitation of the amount of radiation that is used for a diagnostic examination. The reason why we might use a higher dose, in a high dose examination, would be to potentially improve the resolution that we need, to get some answers that we're looking for.