Fetal dose estimates for CT pelvimetry.
- 1 April 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) in Radiology
- Vol. 171 (1) , 265-267
- https://doi.org/10.1148/radiology.171.1.2928535
Abstract
Fetal and maternal dose estimates for computed tomographic pelvimetry have been obtained from phantom measurements. Use of routine abdomen imaging techniques may result in localized fetal doses in excess of 13 mGy (1.3 rad). With the use of a low-exposure (40-mAs) technique, it is possible to obtain images of acceptable quality for the necessary measurements. The resulting dose to the fetus is approximately 2.3 mGy (0.23 rad).This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Pelvimetry by digital radiographyClinical Radiology, 1984
- Pelvimetry by digital radiography: a low-dose examination.Radiology, 1982