Search Tag: Contrast

IMAGING Management

Experts-advocate-expanded-contrast-agent-use-in-ultrasound-imaging

2021 04 Oct

Last week at the “Advances in Contrast Ultrasound” conference in Chicago, ultrasound experts advocated expanded use for ultrasound contrast agents (UCAs) to give patients broader access to low-cost, safe and reliable diagnostic imaging.   UCAs contain microscopic gas-filled bubbles injected during an ultrasound exam to enhance image resolution....Read more

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Risks-of-contrast-agent-administration

2017 19 Sep

Outlines the frequency of adverse effects, prevention and management, and focuses on acute reactions which may occur after intravascular injection of contrast agents, the risk of deterioration in renal function after iodine-based agents, and current anxieties about the long-term safety of gadolinium-based agents.   Contrast agents (or...Read more

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Study-radiocontrast-aki-risk-lower-than-previously-thought

2016 30 Sep

According to a study published in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology , radiocontrast administration may have a lower risk of kidney damage than previously thought. The findings suggest that the potential benefits of radiocontrast-enhanced imaging are far greater than its hazards, which could have been overestimated by researchers and...Read more

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New-mri-technique-improves-prostate-cancer-detection

2015 08 Jan

A new imaging technique that measurably improves upon current prostate imaging could have significant implications for how patients with prostate cancer are ultimately treated. The new method called restriction spectrum imaging-MRI (RSI-MRI) was developed by researchers from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, and University...Read more

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Risk-factors-for-adverse-reactions-to-ct-contrast-agents

2013 10 Apr

Japanese researchers have created a scoring rule to predict adverse reactions to contrast agents used in computed tomography. The study is published online in BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making.  This was a retrospective cohort study of all adult patients undergoing contrast enhanced CT scan for 7 years. The subjects were randomly divided...Read more

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Datscan-spect-imaging-shows-impact-on-the-diagnosis-of-patients-with-dementia

2013 26 Mar

GE Healthcare has presented the results of a randomised study analysing the effect of DaTSCAN™ (Ioflupane I 123 Injection) SPECT imaging in a group of adult patients with a diagnosis of possible dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB). The findings, presented at the 2013 American Academy of Neurology Meeting, reported use of DaTSCAN imaging significantly contributed...Read more