Flashcards: Radiocontrast agents

Technetium (99mTc) fanolesomab (trade name NeutroSpec, manufactured by Palatin Technologies) is a mouse monoclonal antibody formerly used to aid in the diagnosis of appendicitis.

Acetrizoic acid is a molecule used as a contrast medium.

Ioxitalamic acid (also known under the brand name Telebrix) is a monomer molecule used as a contrast medium.

Iocarmic acid is a molecule used as a contrast medium.

Iodamide is a molecule used as a contrast medium.

Iofendylate is a molecule used as a contrast medium.

Methiodal is a molecule used as a contrast medium.

Metrizamide is a nonionic radiopaque contrast agent.

Metrizoic acid is a molecule used as a contrast medium.

Flutemetamol (18F) (trade name Vizamyl, by GE Healthcare) is a PET scanning radiopharmaceutical containing the radionuclide fluorine-18, used as a diagnostic tool for Alzheimer's disease.

Adipiodone (INN, or iodipamide) is a molecule used as a contrast medium.

Avid Radiopharmaceuticals is an American company, founded by Dr.

Sodium acetrizoate (rINN, trade names Urokon, Triurol and Salpix), the sodium salt of acetrizoic acid, is a high-osmolality, water-soluble, iodine-based radiographic contrast medium no longer in clinical use.

Iopanoic acid is an iodine-containing radiocontrast medium used in cholecystography.

Florbetaben, a fluorine-18 (18F)-labeled stilbene derivative (formerly known as BAY-949172), trade name NeuraCeq , is a diagnostic radiopharmaceutical developed for routine clinical application to visualize ß-amyloid plaques in the brain.

Florbetapir (18F) (trade name AMYViD; also known as florbetapir-fluorine-18 or 18F-AV-45) is a PET scanning radiopharmaceutical compound containing the radionuclide fluorine-18, recently FDA approved as a diagnostic tool for Alzheimer's disease.

19-Iodocholesterol is a derivative of cholesterol with an iodine atom in the 19-position.

Radiocontrast agents are a type of medical contrast medium used to improve the visibility of internal bodily structures in X-ray-based imaging techniques such as computed tomography (CT), radiography, and fluoroscopy.

Iohexol is a contrast agent, sold under the trade names Omnipaque and Exypaque; this compound is also sold as a density gradient medium under the names Accudenz, Histodenz and Nycodenz.

Diatrizoic acid (or its anionic form, diatrizoate), also known as amidotrizoic acid, or 3,5-diacetamido-2,4,6-triiodobenzoic acid, is a radiocontrast agent containing iodine.

Propyliodone (INN, trade name Dionosil) is a molecule used as a contrast medium.

Ipodate sodium (sodium iopodate) is an iodine-containing radiopaque contrast media used for X-rays.

Technetium (99mTc) etarfolatide is an investigational non-invasive, folate receptor-targeting companion imaging agent that is being developed by Endocyte.

Iodixanol is a contrast agent, sold under the trade name Visipaque; it is also sold as a density gradient medium under the name OptiPrep.

Rubidium-82 chloride is a form of rubidium chloride using a radioactive isotope of rubidium.

Barium sulfate (or sulphate) is the inorganic compound with the chemical formula BaSO4.

Iopromide is a molecule used as a contrast medium.

Lipiodol (labeled Ethiodol in the USA), also known as ethiodized oil, is a poppyseed oil used by injection as a radio-opaque contrast agent that is used to outline structures in radiological investigations.

Iopamidol (INN, tradenames Iopamiro, Isovue, Iopamiron, and Niopam) is a nonionic, low-osmolar iodinated contrast agent, developed by Bracco.

Diodone is a radiocontrast agent used in urography.

Iocetamic acid is a molecule used as a contrast medium.

Ioglicic acid is a molecule used as a contrast medium.

Ioglycamic acid is a molecule used as a contrast medium.

Iomeprol is a molecule used as a contrast medium.

Iobenzamic acid is a molecule used as a contrast medium.

Iodoxamic acid is an organoiodine compound that used as a contrast medium.

Iobitridol is a molecule used as a contrast medium in X-ray imaging.

Iopentol is a molecule used as a contrast medium.

Iotalamic acid (also iothalamic acid in USAN) and its salts (INN Iothalamates) is an iodine-containing organic anion used as a radiocontrast agent.

Ioversol (INN) is an organoiodine compound that used as a contrast medium.

Ioxaglic acid (trade name Hexabrix) is an iodine containing molecule used as a low-osmolality contrast medium.

Ioxilan is a diagnostic contrast agent.

Iopydol is a chemical compound used as a contrast medium.

Iotrolan (trade name Isovist) is a radiocontrast agent, a substance used to improve the visibility of body structures on images obtained by X-ray techniques.