Skip to main content

View full-text article in PMC

. 2016 Mar;32(2):156–166. doi: 10.6515/ACS20150803A

Table 3. Effective doses for adults from myocardial perfusion imaging with various radiopharmaceuticals .

Radiopharmaceutical	Protocol	Effective dose (mSv)
^99mTc-sestamibi	One-day rest (10 mCi)/stress (30 mCi)	12.10*
	Two-day stress (30 mCi)/rest (30 mCi)	18.76*
^99mTc-tetrofosmin	One-day rest (10 mCi)/stress (30 mCi)	10.62^#†
	Two-day stress (30 mCi)/rest (30 mCi)	16.54^#†
²⁰¹Tl	Stress (2.5 mCi)/redistribution	12.95^†
⁸²Rb	Rest (30 mCi)/stress (30 mCi)	7.55*
¹³N-ammonia	Rest (20 mCi)/stress (20 mCi)	2.96*

* Derived from ICRP publication 80. ^# Derived from 4th addendum to ICRP publication 53. ^† Derived from ICRP publication 106.