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 | October 03, 2013
October 3, 2013 — The Arthritis Foundation awarded $1 million to the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City,...
An electron microscope image shows bismuth ions (dark lines) sitting inside carbon nanotubes.
News | September 05, 2013
September 5, 2013 — Scientists at Rice University have trapped bismuth in a nanotube cage to tag stem cells for X-ray...
News | July 30, 2013
July 30, 2013 — Guerbet has announced that Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (Cincinnati Children's) last...
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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...
Videos | Neuro Imaging | June 24, 2013
Peter Herscovitch, M.D., SNMMI president-elect, explains the advances in molecular imaging for Alzheimer's disease and...
Technology | May 16, 2013
May 16, 2013 — Positron Corp. announced the release of the PosiRx 3000-Series, its latest pharmacy automation systems....
News | May 13, 2013
May 13, 2013 — A new method of dynamic, personalized intravenous hydration significantly reduces the percentage of...
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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,...
News | April 22, 2013
April 22, 2013 — HealthTrust has awarded IRadimed Corp. a contract for its MRidium magnet resonance imaging (MRI)...
Technology | March 22, 2013
March 21, 2013 -- Guerbet announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Dotarem (gadoterate...
News | March 14, 2013
March 14, 2013 — Lantheus Medical Imaging Inc. announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted...
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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 | March 12, 2013
March 12, 2013 — Many physicians have long believed that the use of intravenous contrast agents for computed tomography...
News | March 05, 2013
March 5, 2013 - Bayer Healthcare is expanding its global distribution network for the Medrad Intego positron emission...
News | February 20, 2013
February 20, 2013 — Guerbet announced that the Medical Imaging Drugs Advisory Committee to U.S. Food and Drug...
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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 | February 07, 2013
February 7, 2013 — Performing heart surgery on the same day as angiography is now confirmed as a risk factor for...
News | January 18, 2013
January 18, 2013 — GE Healthcare announced that it has filed a supplemental new drug application (sNDA) that will allow...
News | December 04, 2012
December 4, 2012 — Bracco Diagnostics Inc. is voluntarily initiating a Class I recall of nine lots of Isovue (iopamidol...
Blog | September 04, 2012
Like an eyewitness to a freight train bearing down on a rocket fuel truck at a railroad crossing, I couldn’t avoid...
News | August 28, 2012
August 28, 2012 — The International Contrast Ultrasound Society (ICUS) applauded the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’...
News | August 28, 2012
August 28, 2012 — GE Healthcare announced important changes to the U.S. product label for Optison (perflutren protein-...
Feature | August 17, 2012
Bayer HealthCare highlighted its Certegra Total Dose Management solution to attendees at the AHRA 2012 annual meeting...
Technology | July 31, 2012
July 31, 2012 — Bracco Diagnostics Inc., the U.S.-based company of the Bracco Group, announced that the U.S. Food and...
