. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Apr 1.

Published in final edited form as: PET Clin. 2019 Feb 1;14(2):211–221. doi: 10.1016/j.cpet.2018.12.003

Table 1:

Characteristics of PET radiotracers used for myocardial perfusion imaging

Characteristics	⁸²Rubidium	¹³N-Ammonia	¹⁵O-water
Half-life	78 sec	9.8 min	2.4 min
Extraction fraction^*	~60%	~80%	~95%
Cyclotron on-site	No	Yes	Yes
Data acquisition	Dynamic, static, gated	Dynamic, static, gated	Dynamic
Scan duration	6 min	20 min	5 min
Dose (2-Dimensional PET)	40-60 mCi	15-25 mCi	40 mCi
Dose (3-Dimensional PET)	15-20 mCi 30-40 mCi 3D LSO	15 mCi	10 mCi
Interval between doses	10 min	30 min	7 min
Image interpretation	Yes	Yes	No
Image quality	Good	Excellent	N/A

LSO = lutetium oxyorthosilicate; MBF = myocardial blood flow; PET = positron emission tomography

Extraction fraction based on baseline myocardial blood flow (~1 ml/g/min).

Reproduced with permission from Schindler et al³.