TO USE OR NOT USE PATIENT SHIELDING ON PREGNANT WOMEN UNDERGOING CT PULMONARY ANGIOGRAPHY: A PHANTOM STUDY

Pregnancy increases the risk of pulmonary embolism. Computed tomography pulmonary angiography (CTPA) is used for diagnosis. CT generates ionising radiation, and thus, abdominal shielding may be used. This phantom study investigated the effects of patient shielding and scan length reduction on the fe...

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Autores principales: Begano, Dino, Söderberg, Marcus, Bolejko, Anetta
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2020
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Paper
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7380303/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32424428
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/rpd/ncaa059

Internet

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7380303/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32424428
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/rpd/ncaa059

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