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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September 15, 2008 - Results from a safety study indicating that HX4, a new imaging biomarker that enables imaging ...

Time September 14, 2008
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September 12, 2008 – Navilyst Medical launched two new devices this week, an enhanced PICC Convenience Kitting and a new ...

Time September 11, 2008
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September 7, 2008 - Cardiolite (Kit for the Preparation of Technetium Tc99m Sestamibi for Injection) by Lantheus Medical ...

Time September 07, 2008
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September 4, 2008 - Cancer patients in Europe, and possibly worldwide, may face a longer wait for diagnostic tests and ...

Time September 04, 2008
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August 22, 2008 - The 23rd Annual Advances in Contrast Ultrasound: Atherosclerosis Imaging and Interventions/Bubble ...

Time August 21, 2008
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Bracco's Isovue (iopamidol injection) X-ray/CT contrast is reportedly a safe and effective nonionic contrast agent ...

Time August 19, 2008
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August 18, 2008 – Maximus, a business unit of infusion therapy firm Medegen Inc., today announced as a result of a co ...

Time August 17, 2008
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August 14, 2008 - Arlington Medical Resources (AMR), a provider of market intelligence for the pharmaceutical and ...

Time August 13, 2008
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August 7, 2008 – MEDRAD Inc. completed today the first installation of its Intego PET Infusion System at the University ...

Time August 06, 2008
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August 4, 2008 - There is no statistically significant difference between iopamidol-370 (Isovue-370) and iodixanol-320 ...

Time August 05, 2008
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July 31, 2008 - Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. today offered $4.5 billion in cash for its cancer drug partner, ImClone Systems ...

Time July 31, 2008
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July 29, 2008 – GE Healthcare reported results from a Phase I clinical trial of GE-067, a [18F]-labeled PET diagnostic ...

Time July 28, 2008
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July 24, 2008 – Covidien recently launched the Optistar Elite contrast delivery system, designed to inject contrast ...

Time July 23, 2008
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July 17, 2008 - GE Healthcare’s iodixanol, an isosmolar contrast medium, shows lower incidence of elevated serum ...

Time July 16, 2008
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July 10, 2008 - A novel blood pool magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) agent, Vasovist (gadofosveset trisodium), has ...

Time July 09, 2008
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The FDA approved Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals’s EOVIST (Gadoxetate Disodium) Injection, a gadolinium-based contrast ...

Time July 07, 2008
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July 8, 2008 – The FDA approved Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals’s EOVIST (Gadoxetate Disodium) Injection, a gadolinium ...

Time July 07, 2008
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June 22, 2008 - Customized microscopic magnets that could possibly be injected into the body could add color to magnetic ...

Time June 22, 2008
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June 18, 2008 – MEDRAD gained FDA 510(k) clearance for a new Fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) infusion system for positron ...

Time June 17, 2008
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June 18, 2008 – Bracco Diagnostics showcased its Cardiac PET Perfusion Imaging with CardioGen-82, a Rubidium Rb 82 ...

Time June 17, 2008
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