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A contrast agent (or contrast medium) is a substance used to increase the contrast of structures or fluids within the body in medical imaging.[1] Contrast agents absorb or alter external electromagnetism or ultrasound, which is different from radiopharmaceuticals, which emit radiation themselves. In x-ray imaging, contrast agents enhance the radiodensity in a target tissue or structure. In magnetic resonance imaging, contrast agents shorten (or in some instances increase) the relaxation times of nuclei within body tissues in order to alter the contrast in the image.

Contrast agents are commonly used to improve the visibility of blood vessels and the gastrointestinal tract.

The types of contrast agent are classified according to their intended imaging modalities.

  1. ^ "contrast agent" at Dorland's Medical Dictionary

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MRI contrast agent

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Radiocontrast agent

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agents are substances used to enhance the visibility of internal structures in X-ray-based imaging techniques such as computed tomography (contrast CT)...

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Chelation

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supplements, in chelation therapy to remove toxic metals from the body, as contrast agents in MRI scanning, in manufacturing using homogeneous catalysts, in chemical...

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Magnetic resonance imaging

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The contrast between different tissues is determined by the rate at which excited atoms return to the equilibrium state. Exogenous contrast agents may...

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Iodinated contrast

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Contrast

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(behavior analysis) Contrast agent, used to distinguish structures or fluids within a body, often shortened to just "contrast" Contrast ratio, a measure...

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Myelography

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C1/C2 puncture is done laterally. Water-soluble non-ionic iodinated contrast agent is used nowadays and cause very little complication, unlike oil-based...

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Perfusion MRI

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capture perfusion. In Dynamic susceptibility contrast MR imaging (DSC-MRI, or simply DSC), Gadolinium contrast agent (Gd) is injected (usually intravenously)...

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Angiography

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chambers. Modern angiography is performed by injecting a radio-opaque contrast agent into the blood vessel and imaging using X-ray based techniques such...

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Perfluorocarbon emulsions

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inside them. Some of them are commonly used in medicine as ultrasound contrast agents, and others have been studied for use as oxygen therapeutics. The most...

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CT scan

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form of CT to assess flow through blood vessels whilst injecting a contrast agent. Blood flow, blood transit time, and organ blood volume, can all be...

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Gadolinium

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complexes are used as intravenously administered gadolinium-based MRI contrast agents in medical magnetic resonance imaging. Gadolinium is the eighth member...

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Physics of magnetic resonance imaging

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Fluoroscopy

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then be introduced (negative contrast), which looks black on the film. The barium meal is an example of a contrast agent swallowed to examine the upper...

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Multispectral optoacoustic tomography

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clinic as MRI contrast agents. Targeted contrast agents combine a dye or nanoparticle with a targeting ligand to provide MSOT contrast at specific tissues...

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Magnetic resonance angiography

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or on contrast (inherent or pharmacologically generated). The most frequently applied MRA methods involve the use intravenous contrast agents, particularly...

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Photoacoustic microscopy

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contrast agents to gain functional information about the body, from blood saturation levels to cancer proliferation rate. Endogenous contrast agents,...

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Contrast CT

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Blood pool agent

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pool agents (BPAs) are a class of magnetic resonance angiography contrast agents. Blood pool agents (also known as intravascular contrast agents) are...

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Molecular imaging

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common example of molecular imaging used clinically today is to inject a contrast agent (e.g., a microbubble, metal ion, or radioactive isotope) into a patient's...

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Radiography

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angioplasty is often done with angiography. Contrast radiography uses a radiocontrast agent, a type of contrast medium, to make the structures of interest...

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high soft-tissue contrast. GNR synthesized by unzipping single- and multi-walled carbon nanotubes have been reported as contrast agents for photoacoustic...

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