How to manage patients in need of contrast-enhanced imaging following an allergic-like reaction

Iodine contrast being loaded into a contrast injector in preparation for a cardiac CT scan at Duly Health and Care in Lisle, Illinois. The contrast shortage is causing some healthcare organizations to postpone exams and procedures and ration contrast supplies. Photo by Dave Fornell

Contrast being loaded into an injector for a cardiac CT scan at Duly Health and Care in Lisle, Illinois. Photo by Dave Fornell

Up to one-third or more of patients who experience moderate or severe allergic-like reactions to ICM must have their imaging protocols revised when subsequent exams involving contrast are requested.

GBCA dose drops significantly in breast MRI thanks to machine learning

synthetic contrast-enhanced breast MRI

MRI scans in a 55-year-old woman with right invasive ductal carcinoma (left panel) and a 67-year-old woman with right invasive ductal carcinoma (right panel) show failed enhancement of the index lesion (arrow) on the simulated (i.e., synthetic) contrast-enhanced MRI scans.

Image courtesy of Radiology.

The use of synthetic images could reduce the amount of gadolinium-based contrast agents needed for breast MRI examinations, according to new data published this week in Radiology