TABLE 3

Effective Radiation Dose for Cardiac PET/CT Studies (61,123,124)

StudyEffective radiation dose (mSv)
PET
    18F-FDG (370 MBq)7.0
    13N-NH3 rest/stress (2 × 550 MBq)2.2
    82Rb rest/stress (2 × 740 MBq)5.0
    H215O rest/stress (2 × 740 MBq)1.4
    Transmission 68Ge rod sources0.08–0.13
Multislice CT
    Calcium scoring1.5–6.2
    CT angiography6.7–13.0
    CT-based PET attenuation correction0.23–5.66