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 23, 2011 — PLC Systems Inc. said the final results from the REMEDIAL II investigator-sponsored clinical trial ...

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July 29, 2011 — Oxygen Biotherapeutics Inc. and privately held Aurum Biosciences Ltd. of Glasgow, Scotland, have signed ...

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June 14, 2011 – GE Healthcare Medical Diagnostics announced results of a study evaluating the cardiopulmonary safety of ...

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May 10, 2011 – A simple blood test may help prevent a serious complication associated with a contrast agent commonly ...

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January 24, 2011 – Lantheus Medical Imaging has entered into a contract with Novation for Ablavar (gadofosveset ...

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The microbubbles that make up the ultrasound contrast agent Optison from GE Healthcare.
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Contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) can "dramatically improve" physicians' ability to detect heart disease and stratify ...

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December 17, 2010 – An ultrasound contrast agent is under review by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ...

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December 16, 2010 – Bracco Imaging demonstrated how its customized evidence-based diagnostic imaging solutions are ...

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The Titan 3T is a works-in-progress magnetic resonance (MR) system from Toshiba. The system has several patient-friendly ...

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Bracco offers contrast imaging agents for computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), angiography and ...

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October 14, 2010 – An injectable magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) blood pool imaging agent has been released ...

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September 10, 2010 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is requiring that gadolinium-based contrast ...

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August 25, 2010 - GE Healthcare announced that polymer bottle packaging is now included in the company’s ...

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

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

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