Contrast in Medical News

MEDRAD Recognized by the Premier Healthcare Alliance for Commitment to Healthcare Quality Improvement and Innovation

... to automate administration of individualized contrast injection protocols according to patient, ... consistently provide the right amount of contrast at the right rate of delivery for each individual ... embolism showed that P3T Cardiac provided greater contrast enhancement of the pulmonary arteries, resulting ...

X-rays for early Alzheimer's disease detection

... that is not possible using standard x-rays. In contrast to conventional sources, synchrotron x-ray beams ... of anatomical structures without the use of a contrast agent. The images are similar to those ... MRI pictures in resolution, Connor said. "The contrast and resolution we achieved in comparison to other ...

New chemistry techniques improve hybrid scanner performance

... as well as important anatomical data, soft-tissue contrast and information about perfusion and permeability ... for PET imaging and with Gadoxetate for contrast MRI imaging. Simultaneous PET and MR imaging was ... mapping MR images. The use of Gadoextate as a contrast agent enhanced the power of the integrated ...

'TUG' Procedure by Texas Health Dallas Cardiologist Offers Hope to Millions of Patients

... who also have kidney problems or allergies to the contrast dye used during the procedures. As a ... femoral artery blockages without the use of contrast dye or X-ray radiation. "We're always looking ... PVD patients with kidney problems or allergies to contrast dye can only be treated with medications or open ...

MEDRAD Introduces Manage.Report - Advances Evidence-Based Decision Making

... information associated with radiology patients' contrast injections from nearly anywhere. This is the ... and radiology-management information concerning contrast injections delivered by the MEDRAD Stellant(R) CT ... Administrators can track procedure volumes, contrast usage and injection events, and conduct detailed ...

Action-Filled Video Games Boost Adult Vision

... can help adults improve a part of eyesight called contrast sensitivity, one of the first parts of vision to be affected by aging. contrast sensitivity -- the ability to notice even minor ... according to background information in the study. contrast sensitivity can be improved through surgery, ...

Action video games improve vision

... differences in contrast. "Normally, improving contrast sensitivity means getting glasses or eye ... visual crowding and increases visual attention. contrast sensitivity, she says, is the primary limiting ... To learn whether high-action games could affect contrast sensitivity, Bavelier, in collaboration with ...

Siemens Demonstrates Flash Speed, Lowest Dose at ACC 2009

... possible radiation exposure levels. Double contrast in routine daily work The second generation ... imaging will introduce a new imaging quality. The contrast in CT scans will be increased without having to ... Definition Flash can always provide a double contrast which, for the first time ever, can also be used ...

Cleveland Trials Set In Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis (NSF) Gadolinium MRI Side Effects Cases

... Court litigation involving gadolinium MRI contrast agent side effects and nephrogenic systemic ... Federal Court litigation involving gadolinium MRI contrast agent side effects and nephrogenic systemic ... Federal Court trials of gadolinium MRI contrast agent cases involving nephrogenic systemic ...

Study Brings Value of Echocardiography Into Focus

... News) -- The advanced imaging technique called contrast echocardiography had a significant impact on the ... be improved by injecting a substance, called a contrast agent, that reflects the sound waves better. "After contrast echocardiography, the percentage of ...

Better MRI scans of cancers made possible by TU Delft

... Kristina Djanashvili has developed a new contrast agent with enhanced tumour affinity and contrast induction characteristics. In principle, this ... Sugar Djanashvili has also provided her contrast agent with enhanced tumour-seeking properties by ...

Micro-Bubble Echo Contrast Procedures Continue to Rebound in October 2008

... finds that the number of micro-bubble echo contrast procedures performed in October 2008 have ... when compared to May 2008. Micro-bubble echo contrast procedures began declining sharply in October ... and sonographers reestablishing protocols for contrast usage in their institutions. A micro-bubble ...

MEDRAD Builds on Success of P3T Cardiac CT Injection Software

... Center (UPMC) study(1) which documented that contrast injection protocols personalized to ... personalized patient protocols provided better contrast enhancement of the pulmonary arteries in the ... and our research indicates that personalizing the contrast injection protocol to patient-specific parameters ...

Flash Speed. Lowest Dose.

... radiation exposure levels. Double contrast in routine daily work The second ... imaging will introduce a new imaging quality. The contrast in CT scans will be increased without having to ... used to reconstruct unenhanced CT images without contrast media not having to perform an additional ...

National Association Endorses Recommendations for Contrast Agent Use in Heart Ultrasounds (Echocardiograms)

... of Echocardiography (ASE) today backed the use of contrast agents, used to enhance echocardiogram images, ... for physicians who may be hesitant to use the contrast agents following a 2007 Food and ... research, ASE outlines why, when and how the contrast agents should be used to enhance diagnosis, the ...

Late-breaking results of clinical trial on therapeutic endovascular cooling reported at TCT 2008

... from the COOL RCN (COOLing to Prevent Radio contrast Nephropathy in Patients Undergoing Diagnostic or ... often a serious side effect of radiographic contrast agents which are administered to all patients ... failure following exposure to intravascular contrast agents is known as radiocontrast nephropathy ...

Siemens Shapes the Future of Integrated Diagnostic Imaging

... in CT and enabled the introduction of 'smart' contrast -- molecular contrast -- using the most advanced ... and any clinical need with higher resolution, contrast and speed. The clinician has the option of using ... standalone CT. Depending on the case, molecular contrast can be used for additional metabolic information. ...

Allergic-like reactions to iodinated contrast material treated safely with commonly used medications

... allergic-like reactions to nonionic iodinated contrast material rarely develop any serious long-term ... Arbor. "While adverse reactions to iodinated contrast media are rare, they are encountered regularly by all physicians who administer contrast material to patients and some of these reactions ...

Cancer research highlights

... higher energies than do mammograms, reducing the contrast of the images and the ability to distinguish the ... breast lesions, and in their response to the contrast agents used in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) ... the rates at which they take in and eliminate MRI contrast agents; malignant lesions rapidly take in and ...

New Heart Ultrasound Research Shows Hope for Diagnosing and Treating Fatal Heart Conditions

... system are the most effective. ULTRASOUND contrast AGENT SAFE DURING STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAM ... (ASE) indicates that the use of ultrasound contrast agents during stress echocardiograms is safe. ... a black box warning be added to the labels of contrast agents used for cardiovascular ultrasound. The ...

Whole milk is effective and cost-effective as oral contrast agent

... suspension that is also commonly used as an oral contrast agent in conjunction with CT to examine the ... of the study. All patients were given an IV contrast media; 115 were also given whole milk as an oral contrast agent; 100 received a 0.1% barium suspension. ...

PLC Medical Systems to Demonstrate RenalGuard(TM) at EuroPCR 2008

... allows the body to rapidly eliminate toxins in contrast media, reducing their harmful effects. RenalGuard ... patients undergoing imaging procedures using contrast media. "We are very pleased to have the ... is designed to reduce the toxic effects that contrast media can have on the kidneys. This therapy is ...

Best use for popular CAD assessment procedure is misunderstood

... This procedure exposes people to radiation and contrast dye, both of which can have adverse affects, he ... begin with an injection of iodine-containing contrast dye into an intravenous (IV) line in the ... procedure called calcium scoring, which uses no contrast dye and much less radiation, may be appropriate ...

MRI better than MDCT in detecting endoleaks, study says

... used single or 4-row MDCT and standard gadolinium contrast media for MR imaging, he said. The study ... study, MRI was performed using a high relaxivity contrast medium and for MDCT, an iodine containing agent ... not expose the patients to radiation and the MR contrast agent is less nephrotoxic in the clinically used ...

Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals, Amerinet Extend Contrast Media Agreement

... Portfolio of Contracted contrast Media WAYNE, N.J., April 8, 2008 /PRNewswire/ ... Magnevist is currently the leading MRI contrast agent in the US and worldwide, a position ... and continues to be the most studied MRI contrast agent on the market. It currently has ...

Iso-osmolar X-ray dye falters in PCI study

... in the length of hospital stay, according to the contrast Media and Nephrotoxicity Following Coronary ... by Angioplasty (CONTRAST) study. The contrast study is being reported today in a Late-Breaking ... damage when moderate doses of x-ray dye, or contrast medium, are used, mainly during diagnostic ...

New research shows benefits of ultrasound contrast agents outweigh potential risk to heart patients

... the FDA placed a black box warning on ultrasound contrast agents, which are used to improve the quality of ... adverse effects. The warning placed on ultrasound contrast agents was issued without a formal examination of ... of Medicine. Dolans research shows that the contrast agents are indeed safe, and withholding their ...

Siemens Introduces New Dual Energy Applications to SOMATOM Definition

... new dimension of diagnostic sensitivity where contrast in the image is not merely limited to x-ray ... of the X-ray tubes are used to fade out the contrast medium (CM). In the past, this had required two scans. The contrast medium subtraction offers two advantages: A ...

Parker Waichman Alonso LLP Files Suit Against General Electric Company on Behalf of a Man Who Developed Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis (NSF) from Contrast Agent Omniscan

... two injections of Omniscan, a gadolinium contrast dye manufactured by General Electric Company, its ... disease who have been exposed to gadolinium contrast dyes such as Omniscan. Symptoms of NSF ... Philadelphia have confirmed that the gadolinium contrast dye administered to Marcinczyk was Omniscan. ...

Study: Before a CT scan or angiogram, many people should take inexpensive drug to protect kidneys

... the quality of such scans. That dye, called contrast agent, is usually given intravenously before a CT ... an N-acetylcysteine tablet before receiving the contrast agent can protect patients and that it works ... or heart failure, are the most at risk from contrast agents, and have the most to gain from taking the ...

PLC Systems Files IDE Supplement to Begin Pivotal Study of RenalGuard(TM) and Provides Update on Planned Development Timeline

... procedures that use radiographic contrast media. This study is designed as an adaptive, ... the body to rapidly eliminate toxins in contrast media, reducing their harmful effects. RenalGuard ... patients undergoing imaging procedures using contrast media. About PLC Systems Inc. PLC Systems ....

Allergic-like reactions occur in premedicated patients

... and adults) when given gadolinium containing contrast agents, even if they have been pre-medicated with ... allergic-like reaction to gadolinium-containing contrast agents, said Jonathan R. Dillman, MD, lead author ... to another substance (including iodinated contrast material), said Dr. Dillman. While we know from ...

Technique enhances digital television viewing for visually-impaired

... a new technique that allows them to enhance the contrast of images of people and objects of interest on ... macular degeneration prefer watching TV with this contrast enhancement and that the level of enhancement ... change that could give every digital TV the contrast enhancing potential for the benefit of the ...

Allergic reactions to gadolinium-based contrast agents are rare, study finds

... Allergic-like reactions to gadolinium-containing contrast injections in adults and pediatric patients ... intravenously administered gadolinium-containing contrast material doses over the same time period has ... Based on the extensive use these intravascular contrast agents, we felt that it was once again time to ...

PLC Systems Receives CE Mark Approval for RenalGuard(TM)

... the body to rapidly eliminate toxins in contrast media, reducing their harmful effects. RenalGuard ... patients undergoing imaging procedures using contrast media. About PLC Systems Inc. PLC Systems ... is designed to reduce the toxic effects that contrast media can have on the kidneys. This therapy is ...

Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals and MedAssets Supply Chain Systems Sign a Three-Year Agreement for Magnevist(R) Magnetic Resonance Contrast Media

... (gadopentetate dimeglumine) Injection contrast media to members of the MedAssets network. ... ABOUT MAGNEVIST Magnevist is the leading MRI contrast agent with the broadest range of FDA approved ... . Magnevist is currently the leading MRI contrast agent in the US and worldwide, a position ...

Obesity research boosted by watching hunger in the brain

... could see the neurons there firing if they used a contrast agent of manganese ion to make the neurons ... hence the neurons showed increased activity, the contrast agent was taken up, making the neurons light up ... less active. Scientists already use different contrast agents to look at the anatomy of different cells ...

PLC Medical Systems to Display RenalGuard(TM) During Renal Week 2007

... interventional procedures that use radiographic contrast media. CIN is the third most common cause of ... is designed to reduce the toxic effects that contrast media can have on the kidneys. This therapy is ... to patients undergoing imaging procedures where contrast agents are used. The real-time measurement and ...

New Kidney Disease Can Be Fatal

... also concluded that exposure to gadolinium, a contrast agent used in MRI scans, is a significant risk ... percent of those who had not been exposed to the contrast agent. The findings are published in the ... association between NSF and gadolinium exposure. contrast agents containing gadolinium should only be used ...

Abaxis Announces New Waived Kidney Check Panel Exclusively for Imaging and Radiology Centers

... of renal insufficiency prior to the injection of contrast agents for MRI procedures. This panel contains ... Panel is released as a CLIA-waived panel. "Many contrast mediums currently used during an MRI procedure in ... box warnings on some of these gadolinium-based contrast agents," stated Dr. Dennis Bleile, Director ...