(Booth 2845) Bracco Diagnostics of Princeton, NJ, expanded its product line of CT injectors with the acquisition of E-Z-EM in April 2008. At this year's RSNA show, Bracco will demonstrate that company's double-barrel CT injector technology and contrast injection management software under its own corporate banner.
EmpowerCTA is a dual-injector system designed for advanced CT procedures such as cardiac CT. It features extravasation detection and tilt sensor lockout in an expandable configuration.
IRiSCT is a software program that links all Empower injectors from a department across a healthcare facility's network to provide an integrated data management system. This approach is designed to provide information about utilization of consumable items such as syringes to improve purchasing and budgeting functions, according to Bracco.
![Images show the pectoralis muscles of a healthy male individual who never smoked (age, 66 years; height, 178 cm; body mass index [BMI, calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared], 28.4; number of cigarette pack-years, 0; forced expiratory volume in 1 second [FEV1], 97.6% predicted; FEV1: forced vital capacity [FVC] ratio, 0.71; pectoralis muscle area [PMA], 59.4 cm2; pectoralis muscle volume [PMV], 764 cm3) and a male individual with a smoking history and chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD) (age, 66 years; height, 178 cm; BMI, 27.5; number of cigarette pack-years, 43.2, FEV1, 48% predicted; FEV1:FVC, 0.56; PMA, 35 cm2; PMV, 480.8 cm3) from the Canadian Cohort Obstructive Lung Disease (i.e., CanCOLD) study. The CT image is shown in the axial plane. The PMV is automatically extracted using the developed deep learning model and overlayed onto the lungs for visual clarity.](https://img.auntminnie.com/mindful/smg/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/03/genkin.25LqljVF0y.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&crop=focalpoint&dpr=2&fit=crop&h=167&q=70&w=250)
