Medical imaging radiation safety for the female patient: Rationale and implementation

Radiographics

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1829-1837

  Rob Goodman, T ^a   Amurao, Maxwell ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; PREGNANCY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INDUCED NEOPLASM; RADIATION PROTECTION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ABNORMALITIES, RADIATION-INDUCED; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; PREGNANCY; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION, IONIZING; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84867618146     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: 15271323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/rg.326125508     Document Type: Article

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