Contrast in Medical News

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

Both Definity(R) and OptisonTM Usage Increased During the Same Study Period, According To New Data from Arlington Medical Resources MALVERN, Pa., Jan. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Arlington Medical Resources (AMR), a provider of premier market intelligence for the pharmaceutical and diagnostic imaging i...

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

American Society of Echocardiography Lays out Clinical Applications and Safety Considerations MORRISVILLE, N.C., Nov. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) today backed the use of contrast agents, used to enhance echocardiogram images, and provided a guide for physi...

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

Patients who have had acute allergic-like reactions to nonionic iodinated contrast material rarely develop any serious long-term problems and can be treated safely with commonly used medications according to a recent study conducted by researchers at the University of Michigan Hospitals in Ann Arb...

CCNY researchers demonstrate effectiveness of contrast agent Cytate in detectcing prostate cancer

NEW YORK, June 26, 2008 Researchers at the Institute for Ultrafast Spectroscopy and Lasers (IUSL) at The City College of New York (CCNY) have conducted time-resolved fluorescence measurement and optical imaging studies that demonstrate the efficacy of Cytate as a fluorescence marker to detect pro...

Whole Milk Cheaper, Effective Contrast Agent for GI Scans

It also tasted better than oral barium solution, study finds FRIDAY, June 6 (HealthDay News) -- Whole milk does as good a job as a diluted barium solution when used as an oral contrast agent in patients getting a gastrointestinal CT scan, and it is cheaper and more agreeable with the p...

NOVA(R) Renal: A Safe Alternative to Contrast Enhanced MRA/MRI

Breakthrough Technology Avoids Use of Risky Gadolinium Injections CHICAGO, June 3 /PRNewswire/ -- VasSol's introduction of NOVA(R) Renal, a gadolinium-free procedure, offers a safe alternative to the standard contrast-enhanced Magnetic Resonance Angiography (MRA) and Magnetic Resonance Imag...

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

An item commonly found in many homes whole milk is just as effective, costs less and is easier on the patient than a diluted (0.1%) barium suspension that is also commonly used as an oral contrast agent in conjunction with CT to examine the gastrointestinal tract, a new study finds. The study...

Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals, Amerinet Extend Contrast Media Agreement

Magnevist(R) and Ultravist(R) are part of Amerinet's Portfolio of Contracted Contrast Media WAYNE, N.J., April 8, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc., a leader in diagnostic imaging, announced today that the company has been awarded a two-year co...

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

ST. LOUIS A Saint Louis University cardiologist called upon the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today to reconsider a strong warning it recently placed on a diagnostic tool, stating that the warning could prevent doctors from detecting life-threatening cardiac events. In October 2007,...

Peter Burg Appointed as Co-Chair of the Plaintiffs' Steering Committee and the Executive Committee for the Gadolinium-Based Contrast Agents Product Liability Multi-District Litigation

DENVER, March 27 /PRNewswire/ -- On March 25, 2008, The Honorable Dan A. Polster, federal judge presiding over the Gadolinium-Based Contrast Agents Product Liability Multi-District Litigation in the Northern District of Ohio, appointed several lawyers to serve on the Plaintiffs' Steering Commi...

DyCE(TM) (Dynamic Contrast Enhancement) Technology Now Part of CRi's Analysis Software Suite for the Popular Maestro(TM) in vivo Molecular Imaging System

WOBURN, Mass., March 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Cambridge Research & Instrumentation, Inc. (CRi) is shipping DyCE(TM) (Dynamic Contrast Enhancement), a new technology application, to users of the award-winning Maestro(TM) in vivo molecular imaging system. Customers can now generate all- optical anatom...

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

GREAT NECK, N.Y., March 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Parker Waichman Alonso LLP announces that it has filed suit on behalf of a man diagnosed with Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis (NSF) after receiving two injections of Omniscan, a gadolinium contrast dye manufactured by General Electric Company, its subsid...

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

Allergic-like reactions to gadolinium-containing contrast injections in adults and pediatric patients (those younger than 19 years of age) are rare, according to a recent study conducted by researchers at the University of Michigan Health Systems in Ann Arbor. When these reactions do occur, most o...

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

WAYNE, N.J., Nov. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals, Inc a leader in diagnostic imaging, announced today that the company has been awarded a three-year contract by MedAssets Supply Chain Systems, one of the nation's largest group purchasing organizations, to provide Magnevist...

Less Allergic Reactions to Iodine-containing Contrast Agents in Children

Children show less allergic reactions to iodine-containing contrast agents ,according to a recent study conducted by researchers from the University of Michigan Medical Center and C.S. Mott Childrens Hospital both in Ann Arbor. A major, if not the main, risk associated with iodine-containing c...

Newer Contrast Agents Safe for Children

Allergic-like reactions to newer iodine-containing contrast agents (nonionic contrast media), are rare in children according to a recent study conducted by researchers from the University of Michigan Medical Center and C.S. Mott Childrens Hospital both in Ann Arbor. 'A major, if not the ma...

CT Imaging With Novel Contrast Agent May Predict Heart Attack in Waiting

A new imaging technology may hold the key to not only stopping heart attacks in their tracks but also preventing them for ever occurring//. Researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine have shown the use computed tomography (CT) imaging along with a novel contrast agent know as N1177 can detect da...

MRI Contrast Agent Linked to Complication in Renal Patients

A "mysterious" condition called nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF)— which occurs only in patients with advanced kidney disease—is strongly// related to use of gadolinium dyes for MRI scans, reports a study in the March Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. An accompanying e...

Using Contrast Enhanced Sonography Improves Diagnosis of Liver and Spleen Injuries

Contrast-enhanced sonography shows liver and spleen injuries better than non-contrast enhanced sonography, according to a study conducted // at the University of California, Davis School of Medicine department of radiology in Sacramento, CA. This study included 22 liver, spleen or renal injur...

In Elderly Patients Lowering Contrast Material Injection Will Reduce Costs

A new study says that in elderly patients who are undergoing multi-detector CT examination of the pancreas and biliary region, doctors may safely reduce the dose of a contrast agent by 10 percent. // Doing this will reduce the costs as well as the risks associated with the tests, according to the s...

Lowering Contrast Material Injection in Aged Patients is Cost-effective and can Offset Risks

A new study has found that it is better to alter the dosage of senior patients undergoing multi-detector CT examination of the pancreas //and biliary region, by bringing it down by 10%. This would lower the cost of the examination as well as the risk of complications. This study was conducted by th...

New Multi-Modal Contrast Agents, A Boon For Medical Imaging

Medical imaging techniques like ultrasound and computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging and molecular imaging can all be made better by the newly developed multi-modal contrast agent – Researchers // at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign says. Use of these new agents may...

Adding contrast improves ultrasound's ability to detect prostate cancer

Contrast enhanced color Doppler ultrasound is better than unenhanced ultrasound at detecting prostate cancer, according to a report published in the July issue of The Journal of Urology. Doctors in France, compared the diagnostic abilities of contrast enhanced and unenhanced endo-rectal ultraso...

Hissey Kientz Announces the Launch of Herbal Fen Phen Lawyers Website

...posix Kugel mesh hernia patch; renal failure caused by Trasylol; the Duragesic or fentanyl pain patch; Raptiva; FELA railroad injuries; gadolinium MRI contrast dyes or other defective drugs and devices. To learn more about the firm and other drug cases, visit Hissey Kientz, LLP or call toll-free at (866) 275-...

China Pharma Events Keep Growing For UBM

...r rise in exhibitor numbers over a good platform in 2008 signals that P-MEC is a clear success in only its third year in China ". In dramatic contrast to 2009, fewer than 200 exhibitors and 7,000 visitors attended the first CPhI China, held in 2001. UBM's China events enjoy the valuable suppor...

Are kids today truly more autonomous?

...y autonomous when it came to their self-expression, particularly in relation to daily activity chores, personal appearance and defiance of parents. In contrast to this increased autonomy that child-centered parenting has given children, the 20th century has seen, in other ways, children's autonomy curtailed, ...

Office of National Drug Control Policy Taps RIESTER creative for Use in National Anti-Meth Campaign

...selected by the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) to become a key resource to states across the country in the fight against meth use. In contrast to other approaches combating meth addiction, the End Meth Now campaign inspires hope and enlists the help of loved ones in fighting the drug. ...

Are imaging features of hepatic angiomyolipoma related to its clinical setting?

...patients (three male and seven female) with hepatic angiomyolipoma, with a mean age of 55.1 years (age range, 19-78 years). Of these patients, dynamic contrast CT showed hepatic angiomyolipoma as a hypervascular mass with intratumoral fatty density, absence of a capsule, and prominent central vessels in six s...

Smokeless tobacco safer than smoking

...increase in risk would be negligible compared to the lives saved by reducing cigarette use. Lee said, "Our paper shows very clearly that, in marked contrast to smoking, smokeless tobacco use carries little or no risk of cancer. Concerns about possible effects of smokeless tobacco on oral cancer are answere...

Comprehensive Look at Rare Leukemia Finds Relatively Few Genetic Changes Launch Disease

... mutated in adult AML. Point mutations involve a single chemical change in the molecular building blocks of DNA. The data demonstrated that, in contrast to pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), AML is characterized by a very low burden of mutations. The researchers found slightly more than two ...

FDA Acts to Protect Public Health from Electronic Cigarettes

...ucts are safe for human consumption or that they are effective at helping smokers or other tobacco users quit, as some manufacturers have claimed. In contrast to tobacco cessation products that have been approved by the FDA, there are no controls on the amount or potency of the nicotine or other substances i...

Gene Mutation Could Be Key to Rare Blood Vessel Disease

...ated water or food, Conway said. "There is, however, a more rare 'atypical' form of HUS that is not induced by the bacterial toxin," he said. "In contrast to the more common form, patients with aHUS often do poorly." Approximately 25 percent of patients with aHUS die, and about 50 percent end up need...

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

...model to automate administration of individualized contrast injection protocols according to patient, procedur...linicians 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 i...

Private and public insurance choices could help pay for national health care reform

...s commissions, underwriting, and other administrative functions; net additions to reserves; rate credits and dividends; premium taxes; and profits. By contrast about 6.1 percentor $60 billionof the $974 billion in public program health care spending went for administrative costs in 2007. That includes federal...

PLC Medical Systems Announces Publication of Care Study Update

...enalGuard, the current clinical trial in Italy and the planned future U.S. clinical trial for RenalGuard as a safe and effective prevention device for contrast induced nephropathy may not be completed in a timely fashion, if at all, or, if these clinical trials are completed, they may not produce clinically s...

New Map of Genomic Variation Will Enable Disease Research

...ublished its high-resolution map and analysis of CNVs in the human genome in the July 10 online edition of the journal Genome Research . In contrast to alterations to a single base of DNA, which are single nucleotide polymorphisms, or SNPs, often referred to as "snips," CNVs are larger variations i...

Masimo Rad-87(R) Pulse CO-Oximeter(TM) Garners Silver 2009 Medical Design Excellence Award

...icians need most often to be accessed with a single touch. And, as the first Masimo Rainbow SET device with a bright white LED-based display, its high contrast visual display allows measurements to be clearly seen from across the room, while an innovative new device profile feature lets clinical settings be c...

Safely on the move

... Lab in which new GNSS-based localization technologies are being developed. The researchers use the satellite navigation system Galileo, which, in contrast to GPS, is not controlled by the military. This way it is possible to implement special services for civil applications, for example in rescue missio...

Remote-control closed system invented for inserting radio-active atoms inside fullerenes

...arious metals. An important example is a fullerene that encases a sensitive contrast agent (gadolinium) for MRI applications, including as a diagnostic and ther...erene with the 177Lu such as a targeting agent (interleukin-13) and an MRI contrast agent," said Dorn. Creation of such a multi-modality material for use o...

June 2009 Mayo Clinic Health Letter Highlights Probiotics, Carotid Artery and Breast Cancer Treatments

... However, MRIs aren't for everyone and are not recommended for routine screening. They are expensive, require an intravenous injection of a contrast agent, and have a high rate of anxiety-producing false-positives. Treatment: Testing the genetic makeup of a tumor can help determine which wo...