The International Contrast Ultrasound Society (ICUS) announced today that it filed two Citizen Petitions with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) urging the agency to expand approved uses of ...

(Phys.org)—A new type of nanoparticle-based MRI contrast agent demonstrates selectivity for tumor cells over non-cancerous cells, can detect hypoxia, and is sensitive enough allow for the detection of ...

Contrast agents are compounds routinely used in clinical analysis to enhance differentiation between tissues or to increase ...

A prospective study of 30 children and young adults with congenital heart disease shows that non-contrast 4D flow MRI at 1.5 ...

Skoltech researchers and their colleagues have synthesized and tested protein-polymer microbubbles for use in medical ultrasound imaging of internal organs. Administered intravenously, the ...

NEW ORLEANS ― For patients with suspected coronary artery disease, the intravenous administration of a contrast agent during angiography is safer and faster than intra-arterial administration, a ...

Researchers have taken a key step forward in developing a new, possibly safer contrast agent for use in MRI exams. Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have taken a key step forward in ...

A specially coated iron oxide nanoparticle could provide an alternative to conventional gadolinium-based contrast agents used for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). In rare cases, the currently used ...

A new way to detect liver cancer in its early stages uses a targeted MRI contrast agent that binds to proteins, researchers report. A study in Science Advances describes a newly identified biomarker ...

Reveal's New Manganese-Based MRI Contrast Agent Advances Safer Patient Care · globenewswire.com CAMBRIDGE, Mass., June 13, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Contrast agents used in MRI scans to improve the ...