Substance used in medical imaging to enhance the contrast of structures or fluids within the body
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.
contrastagent (or contrast medium) is a substance used to increase the contrast of structures or fluids within the body in medical imaging. Contrast...
MRI contrastagents are contrastagents used to improve the visibility of internal body structures in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The most commonly...
agents are substances used to enhance the visibility of internal structures in X-ray-based imaging techniques such as computed tomography (contrast CT)...
supplements, in chelation therapy to remove toxic metals from the body, as contrastagents in MRI scanning, in manufacturing using homogeneous catalysts, in chemical...
The contrast between different tissues is determined by the rate at which excited atoms return to the equilibrium state. Exogenous contrastagents may...
Iodinated contrast is a form of water-soluble, intravenous radiocontrast agent containing iodine, which enhances the visibility of vascular structures...
(behavior analysis) Contrastagent, used to distinguish structures or fluids within a body, often shortened to just "contrast" Contrast ratio, a measure...
C1/C2 puncture is done laterally. Water-soluble non-ionic iodinated contrastagent is used nowadays and cause very little complication, unlike oil-based...
chambers. Modern angiography is performed by injecting a radio-opaque contrastagent into the blood vessel and imaging using X-ray based techniques such...
inside them. Some of them are commonly used in medicine as ultrasound contrastagents, and others have been studied for use as oxygen therapeutics. The most...
form of CT to assess flow through blood vessels whilst injecting a contrastagent. Blood flow, blood transit time, and organ blood volume, can all be...
complexes are used as intravenously administered gadolinium-based MRI contrastagents in medical magnetic resonance imaging. Gadolinium is the eighth member...
joints, and abnormalities in the heart and blood vessels among others. Contrastagents may be injected intravenously or into a joint to enhance the image...
then be introduced (negative contrast), which looks black on the film. The barium meal is an example of a contrastagent swallowed to examine the upper...
clinic as MRI contrastagents. Targeted contrastagents combine a dye or nanoparticle with a targeting ligand to provide MSOT contrast at specific tissues...
or on contrast (inherent or pharmacologically generated). The most frequently applied MRA methods involve the use intravenous contrastagents, particularly...
H) − 48.3 Standard doses in children: Iodinated contrastagents may cause allergic reactions, contrast-induced nephropathy, hyperthyroidism and possibly...
common example of molecular imaging used clinically today is to inject a contrastagent (e.g., a microbubble, metal ion, or radioactive isotope) into a patient's...
angioplasty is often done with angiography. Contrast radiography uses a radiocontrast agent, a type of contrast medium, to make the structures of interest...
MRI ContrastAgents Induce Mitochondrial Toxicity and Cell Death in Human Neurons, and Toxicity Increases With Reduced Kinetic Stability of the Agent" (PDF)...
high soft-tissue contrast. GNR synthesized by unzipping single- and multi-walled carbon nanotubes have been reported as contrastagents for photoacoustic...