The scans are estimated to cause 2% of annual cancers — but new measures could keep radiation at safer levels.

Unnecessarily high radiation doses in scans have been linked to cancers. Under new federal rules, doctors and imaging centers have to more closely track and report the doses of radiation that patients receive.

In the United States, around 93 million CT scans are performed every year, notes IMV, which is a medical market research company that tracks imaging. The most number of people who are getting these scans are people over the age of 60,

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) implemented the new requirements to improve consistency in CT scan radiation doses and ensure safer imaging practices. The new g