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. 2009 Jan;29(1):81–88. doi: 10.1111/j.1475-097X.2008.00838.x

Table 1.

Typical radiation doses of diagnostic cardiac imaging modalities.

Method	Dose, mSv
^99mTc sestamibi rest-stress^a	11·3
²⁰¹Tl stress-reinjection^a	31·4
¹⁵O-water^a	2·5
⁸²Rb^a	13·5
¹³N-ammonia^a	2·4
CTA (64 MDCT^a)	8·4–21·4
Dual Source CT^b	<10
Coronary Angiography^a	2·3–22·7

^a

Einstein et al., 2007.

^b

Achenbach et al., 2008.