Estimation of maternal and foetal risk of radiation-induced cancer from a survey of computed tomography pulmonary angiography and ventilation/perfusion lung scanning for diagnosing pulmonary embolism during pregnancy.
Donald McLeanOlivia DelfinoMarie VozzoRachael MoorinPublished in: Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology (2024)
Maternal cancer incidence and detriment were remarkably similar for each examination. Optimisation of examinations is critical for low-dose outcomes, particularly for CTPA examination.
Keyphrases
- pulmonary embolism
- radiation induced
- computed tomography
- low dose
- papillary thyroid
- squamous cell
- inferior vena cava
- radiation therapy
- birth weight
- optical coherence tomography
- pulmonary hypertension
- risk factors
- positron emission tomography
- contrast enhanced
- squamous cell carcinoma
- young adults
- mass spectrometry
- skeletal muscle
- mechanical ventilation
- weight gain
- electron microscopy