CONTRAST MATERIAL

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does contrast material mean? 

• CONTRAST MATERIAL (noun)
  The noun CONTRAST MATERIAL has 1 sense:

1. a substance that is opaque to x-rays; when administered it allows a radiologist to examine the organ or tissue it fills

  Familiarity information: CONTRAST MATERIAL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONTRAST MATERIAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A substance that is opaque to x-rays; when administered it allows a radiologist to examine the organ or tissue it fills

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

contrast material; contrast medium

Hypernyms ("contrast material" is a kind of...):

medium ((biology) a substance in which specimens are preserved or displayed)

 Context examples 

The background image is determined from a digitized image taken a few moments before injection of the contrast material.

(Digital Subtraction Angiography, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Contrast material may be used with x-rays, CT scans, MRI, or other imaging tests.

(Contrast Agent, NCI Dictionary)

A diagnostic X-ray procedure on an arteriovenous (AV) fistula following the infusion of a radiopaque contrast material.

(Fistulagram, NCI Thesaurus)

Monitoring the progress of cerebral aneurysms now requires repeated angiogram imaging using contrast materials that can have harmful side effects.

(Stretchable wireless sensor could monitor healing of cerebral aneurysms, National Science Foundation)

A method of delineating blood vessels by subtracting a tissue background image from an image of tissue plus intravascular contrast material that attenuates the X-ray photons.

(Digital Subtraction Angiography, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)