What is ten day rule in diagnostic radiology?

Answer 1

that in women of child-bearing capacity non-urgentdiagnostic radiography of the abdomen should be confined to the pre-ovulatory phase of the menstrual cycle, i.e., the ten days following the first day of the last menstrual period, on the assumption that ovulation occurs at about mid-cycle. Although the originators of the so-called "10-Day Rule" were mainly concerned to safeguard an embryo during the period of organogenesis, the principal hazard of low doses of X radiation is the increased incidence of childhood malignancies