Quantitative Cardiac Positron Emission Tomography: The Time Is Coming!

<table class="table-group" id="tab2"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left">Technique</td><td align="center">Dose, mSv</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Thallium-201 SPECT</td><td align="center">25.1–31.4</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Technetium-99m-sestamibi SPECT</td><td align="center">10.6–12</td></tr><tr><td align="left"><sup>
									82</sup>Rb PET<br/></td><td align="center">13.5–16</td></tr><tr><td align="left"><sup>
									13</sup>N-ammonia PET</td><td align="center">2.4</td></tr><tr><td align="left"><sup>
									15</sup>O-water PET</td><td align="center">2.5</td></tr><tr><td align="left">CT angiography (64 MSCT)</td><td align="center">8.4–21.4</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Coronary angiography</td><td align="center">2.3–22.7</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="table-fn"><td>Legend: MSCT: multislice computed tomography; mSv: millisievert; PET: positron emission tomography; SPECT: single-photon emission computed tomography. Ref: [<a href="/journals/scientifica/2012/948653/#B209">154</a>–<a href="/journals/scientifica/2012/948653/#B211">156</a>]. <br/></td></tr></table>

Comparison of radiation doses for various cardiac diagnostic procedures.

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