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Table 1. Properties of PET perfusion tracers¹⁰^,¹¹ .

	¹⁵O-water	¹³N-ammonia	⁸²Rb	¹⁸F-flurpiridaz
Half-life	2 min	10 min	76 s	109 min
Cyclotron on-site needed	Yes	Yes	No	No
Average positron energy (MeV)	0.74	0.49	1.48	0.25
RMS positron range (mm)	1.0	0.6	2.6	0.2
Positron range	4.1	2.5	8.6	1.0
Myocardial extraction fraction	100	80	65	94
Image quality	Poor	Excellent	Good	Excellent
Image interpretation	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Quantification of myocardial blood flow	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Stress modality	Pharmacologic	Pharmacologic or exercise (feasible but not practical)	Pharmacologic	Pharmacologic or exercise

PET, positron emission tomography; RMS, root-mean square.

Table 1. Properties of PET perfusion tracers10,11 .