X-ray contrast media

Mallinckrodt's hospital product lines include X-ray contrast media, radiopharmaceuticals and devices for diagnostic imaging.

Borregaard Synthesis provides intermediates for non-ionic X-ray contrast media, and has dedicated plants for this market.

Mallinckrodt, based in St. Louis, holds leading market positions worldwide in hospital product lines including X-ray contrast media, radiopharmaceuticals and devices for diagnostic imaging.

The two X-ray contrast media iodine and barium have ideal K shell binding energies for absorption of X-rays, 33.2 keV and 37.4 keV, respectively, which is close to the mean energy of most diagnostic X-ray beams.

Blockage of the fallopian tubes is mainly diagnosed today by hysterosalpingography (HSG) or Hystero Contrast Sonography (HyCoSy) in which either X-ray contrast media or aqueous fluid are forced up the fallopian tube to create an image on X-ray or ultrasound.