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Mayo Study Questions if Imaging Agents Cause Acute Kidney Injury

Many physicians have long believed that the use of intravenous contrast agents for computed tomography (CT) scans can cause acute kidney injury. New Mayo Clinic research questions the strength of the causal link between the two. The findings from...

FDA Committee Recommends Approval of Guerbet’s Macrocyclic, Ionic Gadolinium MRI Contrast Agent

Guerbet announced that the Medical Imaging Drugs Advisory Committee to U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has voted unanimously by votes of 17 to zero to recommend that FDA approve the New Drug Application (NDA) for Dotarem (gadoterate meglum...

Bracco Isovue Pre-Filled Power Injector Syringes Recalled Due to Particulates

Bracco Diagnostics Inc. is voluntarily initiating a Class I recall of nine lots of Isovue (iopamidol injection) pre-filled power injector syringes (Isovue PFS, to be used in combination with Stellant CT [computed tomography] injection systems) due...

FDA Approves Labeling Changes for GE’s Optison Ultrasound Contrast Agent

August 28, 2012 — GE Healthcare announced important changes to the U.S. product label for Optison (perflutren protein-type A microspheres injectable suspension, USP), a c...

Positron Corp PosiRx 3000-Series Pharmacy Automation Systems
Positron Introduces Next Generation PosiRx Pharmacy...
Positron Corporation announced the release of the PosiRx 3000-Series, its latest pharmacy automation systems. The PosiRx 3000-Series are the first systems to...
Sliding Scale Hydration Washes Out Contrast-Induced Kidney...
A new method of dynamic, personalized intravenous hydration significantly reduces the percentage of contrast-induced kidney injury from image-guided...
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IRadimed Corp. and HealthTrust Contract for MRidium MRI...
HealthTrust has awarded IRadimed Corp. a contract for its MRidium magnet resonance imaging (MRI) Infusion Pump Systems. The agreement makes the MRidium systems...
FDA Approves First Macrocyclic and Ionic Gadolinium-...
Guerbet announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Dotarem (gadoterate meglumine), a gadolinium-based contrast agent (GBCA)...
Positron Corp PosiRx 3000-Series Pharmacy Automation Systems
Next Generation PosiRx Pharmacy Automation Systems
The PosiRx 3000-Series is Positron Corporation's latest pharmacy automation systems. The PosiRx 3000-Series are the first systems to
FDA Approves First Macrocyclic and Ionic Gadolinium-Contrast Agent for MRI
Guerbet announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Dotarem (gadoterate meglumine), a gadolinium-based contrast...
FDA Expands Labeling of MultiHance for Magnetic Resonance Angiography
In July 2012 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted Bracco Diagnostics Inc., the U.S.-based company of the Bracco Group,...
Bayer Partnership Delivers Dose Management Offering
Bayer HealthCare announced the formation of a strategic partnership with Radimetrics Inc. that will offer U.S. healthcare professionals the...
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Contrast Agents Mayo Clinic Clinical Study Kidney Injury
Mayo Study Questions if Imaging Agents Cause Acute Kidney...
Many physicians have long believed that the use of intravenous contrast agents for computed tomography (CT) scans can cause acute kidney injury. New Mayo...
Trends in PICC Line Technology
Several technological advancements occurred in the PICC market in recent years that are changing the competitive landscape and driving growth. Increasingly,...
Recently Introduced Contrast Injectors
Two next-generation automated contrast injector systems were recently introduced in the United States.   
Automated Contrast Injectors Market and Technology Trends
Medical devices employed for injecting radio-opaque contrast media into the body to enhance the visibility of tissues for a medical imaging procedure are known...

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Don’t Miss The Next LIVE Webinar! An Introduction To Cloud-Based Medical Image Exchange
  Seats are limited, register today Thursday, May 30, 2013 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT Interested in implementing cloud-based imaging solutions? As a first step, please join DICOM Grid’s Live...
Bedside Radiography-Into the Digital Age
Chip Truwit, MD, offers an overview of Bedside Radiography from a clinical perspective. He will review current radiographic challenges and their effects on bedside imaging, highlighting how new...
Iterative Reconstruction in CT: Understanding and Implementation
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