Radiation hazards to pregnant women from diagnostic radiology

Abstract EN

The accidental exposure of pregnant women during radio-diagnostic examinations, is an area of special concern.

Mothers are usually conscious of risks to which their fetuses are exposed and often seek medical advice relative to such exposure.

In this study, cases of accidental radiation exposure of sixteen pregnant women are presented.

Different methods of absorbed dose calculations are applied to estimate fetal dose and to account for any hazards that they might be exposed to.

The results have shown that fetal doses, for the investigated cases, were consistently low and no single diagnostic X-ray examination need be a cause any concern.