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Table 2.

Tracers for perfusion imaging

Tracer	Chemical structure*	Type of tracer	Production	Half -life	Positron range (mm)	Scan duration (rest and stress)	Intravenously administered activity (MBq)	Effective dose (mSv/MBq)	Approval year
Tracer	Chemical structure*	Type of tracer	Production	Half -life	Positron range (mm)	Scan duration (rest and stress)	Intravenously administered activity (MBq)	Effective dose (mSv/MBq)	FDA	Europe	Japan
SPECT
²⁰¹Thalium	²⁰¹Tl⁺	Metal cation	Cyclotron	73 h	–	4-h	74–148	0.23	1977	1980**	1991
^99mTc-sestamibi		Metal complex	Generator	6 h	–	4-h or 2-days	740–1480	0.0085	1990	1987**	1993
^99mTc-tetrofosmin		Metal complex	Generator	6 h	–	4-h or 2 days	740–1480	0.0067	1996	1993**	1996
^99mTc-teboroxime			Generator	6 h	–				1990	–	–
PET
⁸²Rubidium	⁸²Rb⁺	Metal cation	Generator	76 s	8.6	30-min	370–740	0.0048	1989	–	–
¹³N-ammonia	¹³NH₃	Inorganic compound	Cyclotron	9.96 min	2.53	1.5-h	370–740	0.0022	2007	–	2012
¹⁵O-water	H¹⁵₂O	Inorganic compound	Cyclotron	2.04 min	4.14	30-min	370–740	0.0011	–	–	–
¹⁸F-flurpiridaz		Organic compound	Cyclotron	109.8 min	1.03	1.5-h or 2 days	222–370	0.019	–	–	–

*The mass number of ^99mTc was omitted