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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June 15, 2010 – A new study evaluating the safety of an echocardiography contrast agent found that the agent did not ...

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June 8, 2010 – A recent study found a potential new molecular imaging agent combined with post-scan image processing ...

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June 4, 2010 – The first national contract signed for a magnetic resonance imaging angiography (MRA) contrast agent was ...

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June 3, 2010 – A joint research agreement will explore the targeted delivery of experimental therapeutics based on ...

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Feature | Cristen C. Bolan

Automated contrast media injectors are used in cardiac imaging to help improve patient safety and enhance image quality ...

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June 3, 2010 - More than 70,000 people in the U.S. were diagnosed with cancer of the bladder in 2009, with an estimated ...

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May 24, 2010 - Utilizing the iso-osmolar agent Visipaque (iodixanol) could save hospitals $54,617 per 100 patients when ...

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May 20, 2010 – A new partnership enables data communication between Medrad's Intego positron emission tomography (PET) ...

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May 19, 2010 – Three distinct lumens in a new line of peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs) increase ...

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May 19, 2010 – A new study shows a single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) imaging agent can identified ...

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Feature | Cristen C. Bolan

When digital electronic devices are first released on the market, they are sold at a premium. Gradually, as their ...

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Feature | Cristen C. Bolan

The biggest challenge in applying best practices in radiology workflow is seeing the big picture. The entire imaging ...

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February 28, 2010 - Patients expressed a statistically significant preference for the taste of iohexol over diatrozoate ...

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February 17, 2010 — An agreement has been reached to further augment and diversify a manufacturer's supply of molybdenum ...

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February 2, 2010 – When doctors added contrast agent gadolinium during magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) they improved ...

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January 20, 2010 - The first FDA-cleared contrast imaging agent for use with a magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) ...

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Bracco Diagnostics and Acist Medical Systems featured the EmpowerCTA contrast injector, updated with integrated, pre ...

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Robert G. Mitchell, senior manager, contrast imaging solutions, explains how Bracco Diagnostics' acquisition of E-Z-EM ...

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November 18, 2009 - Pancreatic cancer remains one of the deadliest cancers, with a prognosis of just six months to live ...

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November 10, 2009 – Covidien said yesterday it will voluntarily contraindicate the use of its Optimark gadoversetamide ...

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