title: When a pregnant patient has a suspected pulmonary embolism, what are the typical embryo doses from a chest CT and a ventilation/perfusion study?
authors.affiliation: Radiology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, 750 E. Adams Street, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA. hudaw@upstate.edu
authors.forename: Walter
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Huda
mesh_terms: D004622:Embryo, Mammalian / Q000528:radiation effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013668:Technetium Tc 99m Aggregated Albumin; D016284:Technetium Tc 99m Pentetate; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014692:Ventilation-Perfusion Ratio; D014980:Xenon Radioisotopes
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013668:Technetium Tc 99m Aggregated Albumin; D014980:Xenon Radioisotopes; D016284:Technetium Tc 99m Pentetate
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