Compendium of national guidelines for imaging the pregnant patient

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 197, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Austin, Laura M ^a,b   Frush, Donald P ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Compendium; Fetal radiation; Ionizing radiation; Pregnancy; Pregnant

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOSIMETRY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL WELFARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION SAFETY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REFERENCE DATABASE; REVIEW;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY;

EID: 80053241606     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.10.6351     Document Type: Review

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