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.

News | Contrast Media

September 7, 2017 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) held a meeting of the Medical Imaging Drugs Advisory ...

Time September 07, 2017
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Technology | Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

September 6, 2017 — Guerbet LLC USA announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Dotarem ...

Time September 06, 2017
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News | Contrast Media

August 29, 2017 — The European Medicines Agency (EMA) issued a final opinion that recommended restricting the use of ...

Time August 29, 2017
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News | Contrast Media

August 15, 2017 — The International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) has provided new guidance in the ...

Time August 15, 2017
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Feature | Contrast Media | By Dave Fornell

Here are several updates in medical imaging contrast media agents. Two of the biggest news items were related to safety ...

Time July 28, 2017
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News | Contrast Media

July 18, 2017 — Guerbet recently announced that it will phase out sales throughout the world of two products: Hexabrix ...

Time July 18, 2017
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News | Contrast Media

July 17, 2017 — The American College of Radiology (ACR) recently revised its authoritative guide for the safe and ...

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Technology | CT Angiography (CTA)

June 16, 2017 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has expanded the indication for GE Healthcare’s imaging ...

Time June 16, 2017
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Feature | Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

May 25, 2017 — A U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) review of the safety ramifications of gadolinium-based contrast ...

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May 24, 2017 — A research team funded by the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) has ...

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News | Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

May 3, 2017 — Scientists from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have developed a novel nanodiamond-based ...

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Sponsored Content | Case Study | Contrast Media Injectors

Improving Efficiency and Reducing Waste The volume of computed tomography (CT) imaging exams continues to grow in the ...

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News | Contrast Media

March 13, 2017 — The Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee (PRAC) of the European Medicines Agency recently ...

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News | Angiography

March 10, 2017 — The most prevalent method for obtaining images of clogged coronary vessels is coronary angiography. For ...

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Feature | Contrast Media Injectors | By Jeff Zagoudis

With medical imaging use on the rise, contrast media use is expected to grow as well, according to a May 2016 report ...

Time March 02, 2017
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Technology | Contrast Media

February 2, 2017 — Lantheus Medical Imaging Inc. announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of a label ...

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News | Contrast Media

January 30, 2017 — Intravenous contrast media (typically iohexol or iodixanol) used in computed tomography (CT) does not ...

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Videos | Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

Emanuel Kanal, M.D., director of MRI services and professor of radiology and neuroradiology at the University of ...

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