In-room imaging and MR planning

Contrast Agents

Gadolinium agents better tolerated than iodinated (CT) agents Gd-DTPA (Magnevist) safety record: 5 million uses, 1,234 AEs (1992) Macrocyclic agents (Dotarem, Prohance, Gadovist) more commonly used IV suspended linear agents (Magnevist, Optimark, Omniscan)

nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF) in kidney dysfunction