CONTRAST MEDIA
CONTRAST MEDIA
• Contrast media are agents used to improve
visualization of organs within tissue of similar
radiographic contrast
PURPOSE OF CM:
1.For visualization
2.For opacification
3.For contrast study
FUNCTION OF CM
•It serves as a diagnostic and therapeutic
aid to physician to visualized tissues such
as mammary glands, stomach, gall bladder
and the likes.
CHARACTERISTICS OF CONTRAST MEDIA
• Inert
• Non-toxic
• Persistent for sufficient length of time
• Easily and totally excreted from the body
• Have different absorptive power form
tissue of interest
• Cheap
CT CONTRAST MEDIUM
• Are pharmaceutical agents and are
sometimes referred as “DYE”.
• Common used contrast are iodine based
contrast, barium solution(fluid)
TYPES OF CONTRAST AGENTS USED IN CT
SCAN
1. Intravenous type
2. Oral type
3. Rectal type
4. Inhalation type
PROPERTIES OF CONTRAST
MEDIA
1. VISCOSITY
The resistance of fluid to movement
that depends on molecular size and
concentration as well as the friction
of the component molecules in
solution
2. MISCIBILITY
•The ability of the medium to mix with
other fluids.
3. PERSISTENCE
•Refers to the amount of time the
contrast medium stays in the
body.
4. TOXICITY
•An obvious consideration in the
selection of contrast medium
whether the compound is lethal
when injected
5. OSMOLALITY
•Is a measure of the number of
dissolved particles whether ions,
molecules or compounds in a solution
KINDS OF CM
1. Positive CM
2. Negative CM
1. POSITIVE CONTRAST MEDIA
Are substances having higher atomic
number than the surrounding tissues and
they usually appear white.
2. NEGATIVE CONTRAST MEDIUM
Are substances having lower atomic
number than the surrounding tissues
and it appears black
Examples: Air, Nitrogen oxide, Co2, O2,
Negative Contrast
