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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August 25, 2010 - Polymer bottle packaging for contrast media is now included in the GE Healthcare ecomagination ...

Time August 26, 2010
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August 25, 2010 – Evidence suggests the use of contrast agents for echocardiography is safe and not associated with a ...

Time August 25, 2010
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August 18, 2010 - Researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine have for the first time developed a way to visualize ...

Time August 18, 2010
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July 16, 2010 – Lantheus Medical Imaging Inc. this week announced the launch of its ultrasound contrast imaging agent ...

Time July 16, 2010
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July 12, 2010 – A new beverage has been released that masks the taste of oral iodinated contrast used in abdominal study ...

Time July 12, 2010
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July 12, 2010 – GE Healthcare Medical Diagnostics today announced the market reintroduction of Optison (Perflutren ...

Time July 12, 2010
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July 12, 2010 – Lantheus Medical Imaging Inc. today announced that it has acquired the balance of the worldwide rights ...

Time July 12, 2010
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July 9, 2010 – Lantheus Medical Imaging Inc. announced this week that it has signed a new manufacturing and supply ...

Time July 09, 2010
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July 7, 2010 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Medrad Inc. clearance to market the Medrad Intego ...

Time July 07, 2010
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June 15, 2010 – A new study evaluating the safety of an echocardiography contrast agent found that the agent did not ...

Time June 15, 2010
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June 8, 2010 – A recent study found a potential new molecular imaging agent combined with post-scan image processing ...

Time June 08, 2010
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June 4, 2010 – The first national contract signed for a magnetic resonance imaging angiography (MRA) contrast agent was ...

Time June 03, 2010
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June 3, 2010 – A joint research agreement will explore the targeted delivery of experimental therapeutics based on ...

Time June 03, 2010
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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 ...

Time June 02, 2010
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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 ...

Time May 24, 2010
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May 20, 2010 – A new partnership enables data communication between Medrad's Intego positron emission tomography (PET) ...

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

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

Time May 19, 2010
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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 ...

Time May 05, 2010
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