Development of a more streamlined approach to pregnancy screening before nuclear medicine procedures

J Med Imaging Radiat Oncol. 2016 Apr;60(2):224-6. doi: 10.1111/1754-9485.12438. Epub 2016 Feb 12.

Authors

Joseph C Lee^{1

2}, Mark Whitby^{1

3}, Catherine M McHenry¹, David S Rose¹, Jia Wen Chong², Shanthi Kannan¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medical Imaging, The Prince Charles Hospital, Chermside, Queensland, Australia.
² School of Medicine, University of Queensland, Herston, Queensland, Australia.
³ Biomedical Technology Services, The Prince Charles Hospital, Chermside, Queensland, Australia.

PMID: 26868439
DOI: 10.1111/1754-9485.12438

No abstract available

Keywords: nuclear medicine; practice guidelines; pregnancy tests; radiation protection.

MeSH terms

Algorithms*
Female
Humans
New Zealand
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications / diagnostic imaging*
Pregnancy Tests / methods*
Radiation Exposure / prevention & control*
Risk Assessment / methods
Tomography, Emission-Computed / methods*