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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May 4, 2007 - Acusphere Inc. announced that in a test on Imagify, its ultrasound contrast agent, all three of the ...

Time May 03, 2007
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May 4, 2007 - If a super-flu strikes, face masks may not protect you. Even so, the government says people should ...

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May 4, 2007 - Hospital employment climbed to 4.5 million workers in April, a one-month increase of about 0.1 percent, or ...

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April 26, 2007 - Iapyx Medical introduced its Stable-Line family of catheter stabilization products designed to minimize ...

Time April 25, 2007
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April 25. 2007 - Siemens Medical Solutions has expanded its molecular imaging research collaboration with The University ...

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April 25, 2007 - Medtronic Inc. recently announced it will acquire the O-arm imaging system assets of Breakaway Imaging ...

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April 20, 2007 - Researchers at the Harvard Medical School have developed a new technique that uses harmless light ...

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April 19, 2007 - Karl Storz Endoscopy-America Inc. unveiled the addition of high-definition (HD) technology to its Image ...

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April 18, 2007 - An imaging workstation solution from Cedara Software Corp., a division of Merge Healthcare, was ...

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April 18, 2007 - Siemens Medical Solutions recently installed its 350th 3T MAGNETOM Trio magnetic resonance imaging (MRI ...

Time April 17, 2007
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April 18, 2007 - The FreeStyle Lite blood glucose monitoring system for people with diabetes has an innovative automatic ...

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April 16, 2007 - On Wednesday, April 18 at 4PM EDT, Web viewers will have a unique opportunity to witness a "live" total ...

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Technology

The new Innova 3131IQ, a digital flat panel Biplane Imaging System introduced by GE Healthcare, covers the full size of ...

Time April 10, 2007
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February 28, 2007 – According to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) website, the agency recently ...

Time February 27, 2007
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Jan. 4, 2007 -- Mallinckrodt Inc. announced that it has signed an agreement with Premier purchasing Partners, L.P. to ...

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New technology for the Stellant D CT Injection System from MEDRAD is designed to improve timing for cardiac CT imaging ...

Time October 14, 2006
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The Morpheus CT PICC Insertion Kit reportedly allows AngioDynamics’ peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) to be ...

Time June 28, 2006
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VoLumen helps maximize MDCT technology by overcoming the limitations of both neutral and positive oral contrast agents ...

Time June 27, 2006
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OXILAN (ioxilan) injection is a third-generation nonionic contrast medium offered by Guerbet in the U.S. It is a ...

Time June 27, 2006
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