Clinical indications and radiation doses to the conceptus associated with CT imaging in pregnancy: a retrospective study

European Radiology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 979-985

  Woussen, S ^a   Lopez Rendon, X ^a   Vanbeckevoort, D ^a   Bosmans, H ^a   Oyen, R ^a   Zanca, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Conceptus; Multidetector computed tomography; Pregnancy; Radiation effects; Radiation dose

Indexed keywords

IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE DYSPLASIA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BREAST CANCER; CANCER STAGING; CEREBRAL SINUS THROMBOSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CHONDROSARCOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOSIMETRY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FETAL SKELETAL DYSPLASIA; FETUS DISEASE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NEUROIMAGING; PELVIS RADIOGRAPHY; POSTPRIMARY TUBERCULOSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGY PHANTOM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CERVICAL VERTEBRA; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION RESPONSE; THORAX; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORAX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84937683324     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-015-3924-8     Document Type: Article

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