Radiation dose management: Part 2, estimating fetal radiation risk from CT during pregnancy

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 198, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Goldberg Stein, Shlomit A ^a   Liu, Bob ^a   Hahn, Peter F ^a   Lee, Susanna I ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

ALARA; CT; Dose; Dose estimation; Fetus; Pregnancy; Radiation

Indexed keywords

CANCER RISK; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FETUS; FETUS RISK; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK INFANT; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION SAFETY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK REDUCTION;

CONTRAST MEDIA; COUNSELING; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84859127855     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.11.7458     Document Type: Review

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