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.
Feature | May 05, 2015
May 5, 2015 — New research, published in the journal Radiology, suggests some types of a popular contrast agent used in...
Technology | March 06, 2015
March 6, 2015 — Bracco Imaging, through its business unit Bracco Injeneering SA, announced the availability of its...
Each nanoparticle is composed of an iron oxide core (red squares) that is swathed in albumin (grey) and the anti-clotting agent tPA (green). The iron oxide cubes are about 20 nm on a side.
News | February 26, 2015
February 26, 2015 — By loading magnetic nanoparticles with drugs and dressing them in biochemical camouflage, Houston...
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A volume of contrast agent lingers near the injection site, creating an artifact that can block the visualization of structures. Graphic courtesy of Lior Molvin
Blog | Contrast Media | October 15, 2019
When it comes to listing needs, patient safety ranks at the top. Just ask an imaging administrator.
“There is no way we...
The image on the left shows the plaque abnormalities on untreated transgenic mice and the image on the right shows the brain of a transgenic mouse that has been treated with MR imaging-guided focused ultrasound. Image courtesy of Kullervo Hynynen, Sunnybrook Research Institute.
Feature | February 13, 2015
February 13, 2015 — For the first time, researchers have reversed some of the symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease in mice...
Feature | February 10, 2015 | Raissa Rocha and Dave Fornell
There have been several recent advances with contrast media injector technology, including cutting costs by reducing...
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News | January 30, 2015
January 30, 2015 — Lantheus Medical Imaging Inc. announced an agreement with the Institute for Radioelements (IRE) for...
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Characteristics nephrologists associate with renal high-risk patients. (n=13)
Feature | Contrast Media | September 05, 2019
The global rise in chronic disease has significantly increased demand for diagnostic imaging procedures, and in turn,...
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News | January 27, 2015
January 27, 2015 — Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics Inc. announced the nationwide availability to hospitals of the...
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Technology | January 06, 2015
January 6, 2015 — Bayer HealthCare announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Gadavist (...
Technology | December 23, 2014
December 23, 2014 — Bayer unveiled version 2.5 of its Radimetrics Enterprise Platform at the 2014 Radiological Society...
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Power injectors can improve efficiency and patient safety, for example, ensuring that contrast agent is not wasted due to the lack of a saline bolus. Image courtesy of Lior Molvin
Blog | Contrast Media | July 31, 2019
Patient safety and operational efficiency are behind the development of modern contrast media, selection and...
Feature | December 16, 2014
December 16, 2014 — Data from a Bayer study in children less than 2 years of age (infants) was presented at the 2014...
Technology | November 24, 2014
November 24, 2014 — Bracco Diagnostics Inc. announced the availability of its Isovue (iopamidol injection) Imaging Bulk...
News | October 15, 2014
October 15, 2014 — Medical imaging is at the forefront of diagnostics today, with imaging techniques like magnetic...
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Image courtesy of Lior Molvin
Blog | Contrast Media | July 15, 2019
Contrast agents improve every kind of medical image from computed tomography (CT) to magnetic resonance imaging (MR),...
News | October 15, 2014
October 15, 2014 – The Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) has received an additional $1.27 million of funding...
Technology | October 14, 2014
October 14, 2014 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Lumason (sulfur hexafluoride lipid microsphere...
Feature | October 03, 2014 | Raissa Rocha
The use of contrast media in many imaging modalities continues to evolve as physicians seek to improve dose management...
News | September 30, 2014
September 30, 2014 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has allowed marketing of the NephroCheck test, a first-of-a-...
Technology | September 25, 2014
September 25, 2014 — Mallinckrodt announced the U.S. launch of the OptiSync data management system as a new technology...
Feature | September 10, 2014
September 10, 2014 — According to new research performed at the Mayo Clinic, iodine-based contrast material injected...
Applying a method that uses nanoparticles to create visual contrast, a researcher created the above photoacoustic image of a mouse intestine. The colors indicate the depth of the intestine (red: deep blue: shallow). Photo courtesy Jonathan Lovell.
News | August 14, 2014
August 14, 2014 — A multi-institutional team of researchers has developed a new nanoscale agent for imaging the...
Feature | August 11, 2014
August 11, 2014 — Imaging experts from the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) released a paper, "Guidelines for...
