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Published in final edited form as: J Nucl Cardiol. 2013 Jul 19;20(5):860–3. doi: 10.1007/s12350-013-9762-7

Table 1. Published evidence comparing CMR and PET quantitative perfusion imaging: principal methodological characteristics and results.

Year	Author	Reference	n	Type of participants	CMR perfusion protocol	Stressor	Quantitative analysis CRM method	PET radiotracer	Quantitative angiography (% significant stenosis)	Sensitivity^*	Specificity^*	Agreement between CMR/ PET-derived indices^**
2001	Schwitter J	34	66	Healthy volunteers ¹⁸ and CAD ⁴⁸	1.5 T mulislice hybrid echo-planar pulse sequence	Dipyridamole	Semi-quantitative	¹³NH₃	Performed (>50%)	91%	94%	MBF: r. not stated MPR: r. 0.76x
2002	Ibrahim T	35	44	Healthy volunteers ¹⁹ and CAD ²⁵	1.5 T, Multislice ultra-fast hybrid sequence	Adenosine	Semi-quantitative	¹³NH₃	Performed (>50%)	86%	84%	MBF: r. not stated MPR: r. 0.70
2006	Pãrkkã JP	36	18	Healthy volunteers	1.5 T, saturation recovery turboFLASH sequence	Dipyridamole	Quantitative	(¹⁵O)H₂O	Not performed	-	-	MBF: r. 0.70 MPR: r. 0.46
2008	Fritz-Hansen	38	10	Healthy volunteers	1.5 T, ECG-triggered saturation recovery turboFLASH sequence	Dipyridamole	Quantitative	¹³NH₃	Not performed	-	-	MBF: r. 0.79 MPR.: r. Not stated
2008	Pack N	72	5	Healthy volunteers	3 T, saturation recovery turboFLASH sequence	Adenosine	Quantitative	¹³NH₃	Not performed	-	-	MBF: r. 0.85 MPR.: r: Not stated
2012	Morton G	37	38	CAD	1.5 T, k-t balanced turbogradient echo sequence	Adenosine	Quantitative	¹³NH₃	Performed (>70%)	-	-	MBF: r. 0.32 MPR: r. 0.79

n, Number of patients; CAD, coronary artery disease; CMR., cardiac magnetic resonance; PET, positron emission tomography; MBF, myocardial blood flow; MPR, myocardial perfusion reserve

Detection of CAD by CMR-derived MPR. against PET-derived MPR.

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Correlation coefficient