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Table 2 Studies reporting fetal doses for perfusion scintigraphy in suspected PE (nfs not further specified)

From: Imaging for suspected pulmonary embolism in pregnancy—what about the fetal dose? A comprehensive review of the literature

Author

Fetal dose (mGy)

1st trimester

2nd trimester

3rd trimester

99mTc-MAA

Nijkeuter 2004 [24]

0.11–0.2

–

–

40 MBq

Cook 2005 [28]

0.12

trimester nfs

–

50 MBq

Hurwitz 2006 [21]

0.21–0.3

–

–

74 MBq

ICRP 2000 [29]

0.4–0.6

–

0.8

200 MBq

Russel 1997 [38]

0.6

0.75

0.6

200 MBq

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