GE Healthcare introduced MR-Touch, a visual palpation technology that uses low frequency sound waves in combination with MRI to measure tissue elasticity, at the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) in Chicago earlier this month.

CodeRyte presented its Web-based software which automates coding process for radiologists, CodeAssist, at the Radiological Society of North America annual conference in Chicago earlier this month.

The utilization of ultrasound, when combined with mammography, increases the detection rate of invasive cancers by approximately 34 percent and the utilization of MRI even further increased the detection rates of breast cancers to 67 percent, based on the findings of a study presented by Wendie A. Berg, MD, PhD, breast imaging specialist at American Radiology Services at Johns Hopkins in Lutherville, Md., during the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) annual conference in Chicago earlier this month.

MRI-guided percutaneous core needle biopsy of lesions only visible on MR images is safe and provides a high diagnostic yield for the diagnosis of chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis (CRMO) in children, according to a paper presented at the 2009 annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America in Chicago earlier this month.

Siemens Healthcare unveiled its new imaging software, syngo.via, for multimodality reading at the Radiological Society of North America annual conference in Chicago earlier this month.

Vital Images highlighted the new clinical enhancements to its Vitrea Enterprise Suite at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America in Chicago last week.

Philips Healthcare demonstrated multiple new interventional solutions designed to facilitate image-guided navigation at the 2009 Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) conference in Chicago last week.

Siemens Healthcare highlighted its Biograph mCT, as well as other technologies, at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America in Chicago last week.