MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Vital Images, Inc. , a leading provider of enterprise-wide advanced visualization and analysis solutions, today announced that the company's Vitrea(R) cardiovascular software was prominently showcased at the 8th Annual New Cardiovascular Horizons Conference (NCVH) in New Orleans. The conference was presented by the Cardiovascular Institute of the South (CIS) and focused primarily on the management, treatment, and evaluation of peripheral vascular disease (PAD) and coronary artery disease (CAD).
The conference featured live broadcasts of interventional vascular cases using computed tomography (CT) imaging with Vitrea software. "CT imaging is now the most important diagnostic tool, and is just as important a treatment tool in our 'PAD' toolbox as any of our new devices. We routinely use Vitrea software with each CT exam to help predict, diagnose, plan and treat each patient," said David E. Allie, MD, NCVH Conference Co-chairman and Director of Cardiothoracic and Endovascular Surgery, at CIS in Lafayette, LA. "This is a revolution in vascular care and a major paradigm shift that is advancing the standard of patient care."
Craig M. Walker, MD, Co-chairman, Founder and Medical Director of CIS, performed many of the difficult cases transmitted live to the audience and started each case by evaluating the patient's anatomy using CT images from Vitrea.
NCVH, which began in 2000 as a small, regional cardiovascular, podiatry and wound care meeting, is now the fourth largest cardiovascular conference in the nation. Presented by CIS, a south Louisiana group of cardiovascular physicians, the conference has become the first and largest multidisciplinary conference in the country. The four-day conference attracts thousands of medical professionals worldwide to discuss the latest advancements in peripheral vascular treatment, coronary artery treatment, limb salvage, podiatry, and wound care.
"It's rewarding to know that our product solution plays such an important role in diagnostic imaging and treatment planning for the physicians at CIS," said Jay D. Miller, President and Chief Executive Officer of Vital Images. "We are very happy to be part of this outstanding leading edge educational conference."
About Vitrea(R)
Vitrea(R) software is Vital Images' advanced visualization solution that creates 2D, 3D and 4D images of human anatomy from CT (computed tomography) and MR (magnetic resonance) image data. With this productivity-enhancing tool, physicians can easily navigate within these images to better understand disease conditions. The Vitrea product addresses specialists' needs through various software options for cardiac, colon, vessel probe and other applications. In addition, Vitrea software utilizes an intuitive clinical workflow and automatic settings to improve speed and simplicity. Other capabilities and partnerships with PACS (picture archiving and communications systems) providers expand physicians' access to Vitrea software throughout an enterprise.
About Vital Images, Inc.
Vital Images, Inc., headquartered in Minneapolis, is a leading provider of enterprise-wide advanced visualization and analysis software solutions. The company's technology gives radiologists, cardiologists, oncologists and other medical specialist's time-saving productivity and communications tools that can be accessed throughout the enterprise and via the Web for easy use in the day- to-day practice of medicine. Vital Images also has offices in Den Haag, Netherlands and Beijing, China. For more information, visit http://www.vitalimages.com.
Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in this news release are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements involve risks and uncertainties which could cause results to differ materially from those projected. Statements regarding past results are not predictions of future results, which could be affected by many factors, including but not limited to dependence on market growth, the timely availability and acceptance of new products, the impact of competitive products and pricing, dependence on major customers, third-party reimbursement, and other risks detailed from time to time in Vital Images' SEC reports, including its most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006.
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