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Published in: Pediatric Radiology 4/2005

01-04-2005 | Question/Answer

When a pregnant patient has a suspected pulmonary embolism, what are the typical embryo doses from a chest CT and a ventilation/perfusion study?

Author: Walter Huda

Published in: Pediatric Radiology | Issue 4/2005

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When a pregnant patient has a suspected pulmonary embolism (PE), what are the typical embryo doses from a chest CT and a ventilation/perfusion (V/Q) study? …
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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?
Author
Walter Huda
Publication date
01-04-2005
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Pediatric Radiology / Issue 4/2005
Print ISSN: 0301-0449
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1998
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-004-1365-7

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