Prepare patient (14) | | |
Acquire scout scan | <1 min | |
Rest study | | |
Perform first resting cine CT attenuation correction | <1 min | |
Administer NH3 (370–740 MBq) | | |
Acquire resting dynamic PET study | 4 min | For myocardial blood flow quantitation |
Acquire resting cardiac gated PET study | 15 min | For qualitative perfusion assessment |
Perform second resting cine CT attenuation correction | <1 min | |
Wait for isotope decay | ∼20 min | 40 min between injections |
Stress study | | |
Administer dipyridamole | 4 min | 0.56 mg/kg over 4 min |
Perform first stress cine CT attenuation correction | <1 min | |
Administer NH3 (555–925 MBq) | | |
Acquire stress dynamic PET study | 4 min | For myocardial blood flow quantitation |
Acquire stress cardiac gated PET study | 15 min | For qualitative perfusion assessment |
Perform second stress cine CT attenuation correction | <1 min | |
Total acquisition time | ∼80 min | |