Bayer, Vital align on advanced viz

Vital Images and the diagnostic imaging unit of Bayer Vital have agreed to coordinate their respective advanced visualization software and contrast agents with the aim of improving radiologists’ efficiency in Germany.

Vital Images, of Minnetonka, Minn., will distribute its advanced visualization software in coordination with Bayer, based in Leverkusen, Germany, which will offer its field of CT and MR contrast agents. The two companies said the aim is to provide radiologists in Germany with tools to perform more efficient image evaluations.

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