Published July 1980
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Selection of patients for x-ray examinations: the pelvimetry examination
Description
Pelvimetry is a radiographic examination used to visualize and measure the dimensions of the maternal pelvis and fetal head prior to childbirth. Due to public and professional concern over the potential risks of radiation exposure, the use of diagnostic x-rays has long been studied for ways of reducing unproductive radiation exposure. This report considers the utility of the pelvimetry x-ray examination in terms of its benefits as opposed to its risks to the subjects
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Publishing Information
- Imprint Pagination
- 35 p.
- Report number
- FDA--80-8128
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 12581715
- Subject category
- S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
- Descriptors DEI
- BIOMEDICAL RADIOGRAPHY; FETUSES; HEALTH HAZARDS; PELVIS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL IRRADIATION; RISK ANALYSIS; WOMEN
- Descriptors DEC
- ANIMALS; BODY; BODY AREAS; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; FEMALES; HAZARDS; IRRADIATION; MAMMALS; MAN; MEDICINE; PRIMATES; VERTEBRATES