Radiation Dosimetry in the Pregnant or Potentially Pregnant Patient
Fetal dose | ||
Stage of gestation | mGy/MBq | rad/mCi |
Early | 0.017 | 0.063 |
3 mo | 0.015 | 0.056 |
6 mo | 0.012 | 0.044 |
9 mo | 0.0067 | 0.025 |
Dose estimates to fetus are from Russell et al. (96) and allow a physician to make the best possible informed recommendation to an individual patient. However, no information about possible placental crossover of hepatobiliary compounds is available.