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.
Here are several updates in medical imaging contrast media agents. Two of the biggest news items were related to safety ...
July 28, 2017 
Bracco Diagnostics and Guerbet recently announced they had formed a strategic, global collaboration for the research ...
February 27, 2023 
July 18, 2017 — Guerbet recently announced that it will phase out sales throughout the world of two products: Hexabrix ...
July 18, 2017 
July 17, 2017 — The American College of Radiology (ACR) recently revised its authoritative guide for the safe and ...
July 17, 2017 
June 16, 2017 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has expanded the indication for GE Healthcare’s imaging ...
June 16, 2017 
A patient’s chance of recovery can be directly impacted when a diagnosis is missed or delayed. To get the right ...
July 06, 2022 
May 25, 2017 — A U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) review of the safety ramifications of gadolinium-based contrast ...
May 25, 2017 
May 24, 2017 — A research team funded by the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) has ...
May 24, 2017 
May 3, 2017 — Scientists from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have developed a novel nanodiamond-based ...
May 03, 2017 
Product Indications and Use: CLARISCAN (gadoterate meglumine) is a gadolinium-based contrast agent indicated for ...
May 03, 2022 
Improving Efficiency and Reducing Waste The volume of computed tomography (CT) imaging exams continues to grow in the ...
April 13, 2017 
March 13, 2017 — The Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee (PRAC) of the European Medicines Agency recently ...
March 13, 2017 
March 10, 2017 — The most prevalent method for obtaining images of clogged coronary vessels is coronary angiography. For ...
March 10, 2017 With the use of contrast agents and radiotracers on the rise, GE Healthcare has seen increases in demand across their ...
February 23, 2022 
With medical imaging use on the rise, contrast media use is expected to grow as well, according to a May 2016 report ...
March 02, 2017 
February 2, 2017 — Lantheus Medical Imaging Inc. announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of a label ...
February 02, 2017 
January 30, 2017 — Intravenous contrast media (typically iohexol or iodixanol) used in computed tomography (CT) does not ...
January 30, 2017 
Emanuel Kanal, M.D., director of MRI services and professor of radiology and neuroradiology at the University of ...
December 12, 2016 
At the 2016 Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA 2016), Bracco Diagnostics Inc. showcased a ...
December 09, 2016 
December 5, 2016 — Bracco Diagnostics Inc. announced that CT Exprès — the first and only multi-dose, multi-patient ...
December 05, 2016 
October 4, 2016 — GE Healthcare announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a label change ...
October 04, 2016 
September 12, 2016 — Tiny microbubbles are being used to more effectively identify liver tumors, according to a study ...
September 12, 2016 