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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jun 13.
Published in final edited form as: J Nucl Med. 2011 Mar 18;52(4):541–546. doi: 10.2967/jnumed.110.083717

TABLE 3.

Imaging Study Sequence

Procedure Time (min) Dose
Patient positioning (1 field of view) 3
Transmission imaging 20–25
15O-water 10 25.9 MBq/kg (0.7 mCi/kg) (1,850 MBq [50 mCi] maximum)
11C-CO2 60 7.4 MBq/kg (0.2 mCi/kg) (444 MBq [12 mCi] maximum)
11C-thymidine 60 7.4 MBq/kg (0.2 mCi/kg) (518 MBq [14 mCi] maximum)
11C-verapamil 45 7.4 MBq/kg (0.2 mCi/kg) (740 MBq [20 mCi] maximum)
18F-FMISO (at 90 min) 20 min 259 MBq (7 mCi)