Contrast injector developer E-Z-EM will introduce IRiSCT, a new injector reporting system for the Lake Success, NY, company's Empower family of contrast injectors.
IRiSCT automates the data collection process for all critical functions of EmpowerCT and EmpowerCTA injectors, capturing data such as contrast flow rate and volume, peak pressure and pressure history, injection protocol details, and contrast consumption.
The application also links all Empower injectors in a radiology department across the hospital's existing data network, including facilities in remote locations. Radiology administrators can use IRiSCT to track data on contrast use, which can help simplifying budgeting, according to the company.
E-Z-EM will also discuss protocols for its Empower injectors, such as an approach developed by Dr. Dennis Foley of the Medical College of Wisconsin that uses a triphasic injection with an EmpowerCTA system to achieve the desired contrast concentrations in the right and left heart, resulting in better images of cardiac anatomy and vasculature.
Another radiologist, Dr. Joel Platt of the University of Michigan, has evaluated the company's VoLumen oral contrast agent for CT enterography, and the results of a study comparing VoLumen to water in CT enterography will be featured in a video in the company's booth.
By Brian Casey
AuntMinnie.com staff writer
November 4, 2005
Copyright © 2005 AuntMinnie.com
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