New CT imaging oral contrast agent improves visualization of bowel anatomy, clinical trial data show

In a new pilot feasibility study, researchers from Mayo Clinic, the University of Washington School of Medicine, the ...
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Contrast agents help create clear picture in certain types of MRI exams

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I have had an acoustic neuroma for 10 years. When it was first diagnosed, I had fractionated stereotactic radiosurgery. Since then, I've had 18 MRIs with gadolinium injections. Have ...
Medscape

Echocardiographic Contrast Agents: Safe and Efficacious

Although contrast agents have an essential role in non-invasive imaging techniques, potential side effects limit their use. For example, both low- and iso-osmolar iodinated contrast media used in ...
Case Western Reserve University

MRI contrast agent locates and distinguishes aggressive from slow-growing breast cancer

A new magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agent being tested by researchers at Case Western Reserve University not only pinpoints breast cancers at early stages but differentiates between ...
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Chemists offer new type of contrast agent for magnetic resonance imaging

Scientists at the Institute of Chemistry have developed a new type of contrast agent for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)—bovine serum albumin nanoparticles doped with manganese (II) ions. The results ...
NPR

Are The Risks Of Drugs That Enhance Imaging Tests Overblown?

One of the most widely used drugs in the world isn't really a drug, at least not in the usual sense. It's more like a dye. Physicians call this drug "contrast," shorthand for contrast agent. Contrast ...

Microbubbles/Ultrasound Contrast Agents Market Size to Reach USD 4,546.5 million in 2032

Microbubbles/Ultrasound Contrast Agents Market Size to Reach USD 4,546.5 million in 2032. Janauary 13, 2026- The growing ...