Contrast Media

Contrast media, also called contrast agents, are used to enhance the blood and perfusion in tissues. This includes iodine based contrast for on computed tomography (CT), gadolinium based agents for MRI and lipid bubble contrast agents used in ultrasound.

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February 26, 2015 — By loading magnetic nanoparticles with drugs and dressing them in biochemical camouflage, Houston ...

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February 13, 2015 — For the first time, researchers have reversed some of the symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease in mice ...

Time February 13, 2015
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Feature | Raissa Rocha and Dave Fornell

There have been several recent advances with contrast media injector technology, including cutting costs by reducing ...

Time February 10, 2015
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January 30, 2015 — Lantheus Medical Imaging Inc. announced an agreement with the Institute for Radioelements (IRE) for ...

Time January 30, 2015
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January 27, 2015 — Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics Inc. announced the nationwide availability to hospitals of the Nephrocheck ...

Time January 27, 2015
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January 6, 2015 — Bayer HealthCare announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Gadavist ...

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December 23, 2014 — Bayer unveiled version 2.5 of its Radimetrics Enterprise Platform at the 2014 Radiological Society ...

Time December 23, 2014
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December 16, 2014 — Data from a Bayer study in children less than 2 years of age (infants) was presented at the 2014 ...

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November 24, 2014 — Bracco Diagnostics Inc. announced the availability of its Isovue (iopamidol injection) Imaging Bulk ...

Time November 24, 2014
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October 15, 2014 — Medical imaging is at the forefront of diagnostics today, with imaging techniques like magnetic ...

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October 15, 2014 – The Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) has received an additional $1.27 million of funding ...

Time October 15, 2014
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October 14, 2014 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Lumason (sulfur hexafluoride lipid microsphere) ...

Time October 14, 2014
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Feature | Raissa Rocha

The use of contrast media in many imaging modalities continues to evolve as physicians seek to improve dose management ...

Time October 03, 2014
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September 30, 2014 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has allowed marketing of the NephroCheck test, a first-of-a ...

Time September 30, 2014
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September 25, 2014 — Mallinckrodt announced the U.S. launch of the OptiSync data management system as a new technology ...

Time September 25, 2014
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September 10, 2014 — According to new research performed at the Mayo Clinic, iodine-based contrast material injected ...

Time September 10, 2014
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August 14, 2014 — A multi-institutional team of researchers has developed a new nanoscale agent for imaging the ...

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August 11, 2014 — Imaging experts from the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) released a paper, "Guidelines for ...

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July 24, 2014 — Scientists have designed a new self-assembling nanoparticle that targets tumors, to help doctors ...

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July 16, 2014 — In your bones, there is fat. Why? Researchers do not know, but they have theories. How does it get there ...

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