Assessment of CT dose to the fetus and pregnant female patient using patient-specific computational models

Xie, Tianwu; Poletti, Pierre-Alexandre Alois; Platon, Alexandra; Becker, Christoph; Zaidi, Habib

doi:10.1007/s00330-017-5000-z

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Assessment of CT dose to the fetus and pregnant female patient using patient-specific computational models

ContributorsXie, Tianwu; Poletti, Pierre-Alexandre Alois; Platon, Alexandra; Becker, Christoph; Zaidi, Habib

Published inEuropean Radiology, vol. 28, no. 3, p. 1054-1065

Publication date2018

Abstract

This work provides detailed estimates of the foetal dose from diagnostic CT imaging of pregnant patients to enable the assessment of the diagnostic benefits considering the associated radiation risks.

Affiliation entities

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de radiologie et informatique médicale

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Funding

Swiss National Science Foundation - Towards patient-specific hybrid whole-body PET parametric imaging [176052]

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XIE, Tianwu et al. Assessment of CT dose to the fetus and pregnant female patient using patient-specific computational models. In: European Radiology, 2018, vol. 28, n° 3, p. 1054–1065. doi: 10.1007/s00330-017-5000-z

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PID : unige:99862
DOI : 10.1007/s00330-017-5000-z
PMID : 28887589

Journal ISSN0938-7994

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Assessment of CT dose to the fetus and pregnant female patient using patient-specific computational models

This work provides detailed estimates of the foetal dose from diagnostic CT imaging of pregnant patients to enable the assessment of the diagnostic benefits considering the associated radiation risks.

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