March 25, 2011 – The diagnostic imaging business unit of Bayer Vital GmbH and Vital Images, have signed a cooperation agreement. The agreement’s objective is to conduct joint activities that will introduce radiologists in Germany to the combination of appropriate software and contrast agents.
“Rapid developments in advanced visualization software used with state-of-the-art MRI and CT imaging techniques are delivering a huge amount of additional information,” said Robert Hite, head of the diagnostic imaging business in Germany. “This is presenting the evaluating radiologists with the challenge of efficiently selecting the right information from the constantly growing volume of image data. Both image processing software and contrast agents greatly assist diagnostic efficiency and when used in tandem could deliver substantial benefits for the evaluating radiologist. If we can coordinate the two techniques better, it could lead to considerable synergies to the benefit of the radiologist.”
“We are excited by our groundbreaking collaboration with Bayer in Germany and feel it will help grow our global business and development activities,” said Michael H. Carrel, CEO Vital Images. “This is a truly unique collaboration involving visualization with contrast agents and we are confident that, with Bayer, we have found the right partner to make this kind of collaboration a success.”
For more information: www.vitalimages.com
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