Medicsight, Viatronix to integrate products

Computer-aided detection (CAD) developer Medicsight PLC and diagnostic 3D imaging software provider Viatronix Inc. recently announced a non-exclusive partnership to integrate their offerings. The agreement will apply to Medicsight's CAD products, ColonCAD API and LungCAD API which will be integrated into Viatronixss V3D Medical Imaging Workstations. According to the companies, current and new users of V3D-Colon and V3D-Explorer modules can add Medicsight ColonCAD API and LungCAD API image analysis software tools.

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