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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May 14, 2012 — Lantheus Medical Imaging Inc. announced new manufacturing and supply agreements with Jubilant ...

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April 13, 2012 — Researchers at The Ohio State University (OSU) Wexner Medical Center have successfully used ...

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April 4, 2012 — Medrad (Bayer) recently introduced the Mark 7 Arterion angiographic contrast injection system. The ...

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April 3, 2012 — Incidences of renal complications, specifically acute renal failure (ARF) and new hemodialysis (HD) ...

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March 12, 2012 — A new study shows that the use of gadobenate dimeglumine, the highest relaxivity gadolinium-based ...

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March 9, 2012 — Researchers have developed a method to label transplanted cells so they can be tracked by magnetic ...

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March 7, 2012 — Covidien announced the global launch of the Optivantage dual-head computed tomography (CT) contrast ...

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February 29, 2012 — Lantheus Medical Imaging Inc. announced a strategic distribution arrangement for its Definity ...

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February 2, 2012 — AngioDynamics entered into a definitive agreement to acquire privately held Navilyst Medical in a ...

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January 18, 2012 — PLC Systems Inc. announced that final results from the MYTHOS investigator-sponsored clinical trial ...

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January 6, 2012 - Bracco Imaging SpA has acquired Swiss Medical Care (SMC), a Swiss company headquartered in Lausanne ...

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December 29, 2011 — Medrad Inc. recently released the Certegra Informatics Connect.RIS vendor-neutral informatics ...

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Automated contrast media injectors control contrast dosage, record the amount used and speed injections to keep up with ...

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November 14, 2011 – The American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) reported that the Cardiovascular and Renal Drugs ...

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November 3, 2011 – Lantheus Medical Imaging announced important changes to the U.S. product label for Definity Vial for ...

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