Vital, Toshiba extend advanced viz distribution deal

Vital Images, a provider of advanced visualization and analysis software, and Toshiba Medical Systems have agreed to renew their global distribution agreement for another five years, through Dec. 31, 2013.

As under the previous agreement, Toshiba said will offer Vital’s solution through its subsidiaries and distributors in more than 50 nations in North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Australia and Asia. Toshiba of Toyko, Japan, has been providing Vital Images' solution as the advanced visualization and analysis software of choice to customers purchasing Toshiba's Aquilion and other CT scanners since 2000.  

"We've had a very successful partnership with Toshiba for the past eight years and we look forward to strengthening and building on our relationship," said Michael H. Carrel, president and CEO of the Minneapolis-based Vital.

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