Vital Images releases Vitrea 4.0, ViTAL Connect 4.1 and ViTAL EP

Vital Images has released Vitrea 4.0 and ViTALConnect 4.1, which the company said offer advanced visualization and analysis capabilities via workstation clients, remote clients and web-based clients, including enhancements to its cardiovascular, neurovascular and gastrointestinal applications.

The Minneapolis-based company also released ViTAL EP, a new electrophysiology planning application designed to improve its cardiovascular suite of products and computer-aided detection firm Medicsight's ColonCAD for the London-based company’s InnerviewGI virtual colonoscopy application.

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