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Published in final edited form as: J Nucl Cardiol. 2010 Jun;17(3):498–513. doi: 10.1007/s12350-010-9223-5

Table 4.

Estimated effective radiation dose of common PET perfusion imaging studies

Test	Radiation dose (mSv)
⁸²Rb (rest + stress)¹²⁵	12.6–13.5
¹³N-ammonia (rest + stress)¹²⁵	2.0–2.3
¹⁵O-water (rest + stress)¹²⁵	1.6–2.3
Scout/localizing CT¹³³	0.04
CT attenuation correction¹³³	0.35
Ca Scoring (Prospective gating)¹³⁴	1.5–3