Vital Images' Vitrea(R) 2 Software to Be Showcased by 3Dlabs Inc. at SIGGRAPH 2002, July 23-25

MINNEAPOLIS - July 24, 2002 - /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Vital Images, Inc. (NASDAQ:VTAL), a medical imaging software company, announced today that 3Dlabs Inc., a supplier of graphics accelerator solutions, is showcasing Vital Images' Vitrea(R) 2, Version 3.0 at SIGGRAPH 2002, July 23 to 25, in San Antonio, Texas. Vitrea 2 will be demonstrated in booth 19086, running on 3Dlabs' newly introduced Wildcat(R) VP family of workstation-class graphics accelerators. SIGGRAPH 2002 is sponsored by ACM SIGGRAPH, the leading professional society for the computer graphics and interactive media industry.

"Vital Images is committed to staying at the forefront of medical imaging technology and making Vitrea 2 the most competitive software product in the industry," said Jay D. Miller, Vital Images president and chief executive officer. "Working with technology innovators like 3Dlabs is an important strategy to ensure our leadership position in the medical imaging market."

"Vital Images has been an important application provider for our customers over the years," said John Schimpf, director of developer relations at 3Dlabs. "Their team has provided valuable input during the design and testing of the Wildcat VP accelerators and will continue to influence future generations of our visual processor product family. In addition, Vital Images has been very helpful during our early development of the OpenGL 2.0 API specification."

At SIGGRAPH 2002, Vital Images' technical staff will give several presentations illustrating how the emerging high-level shading language of OpenGL 2.0 facilitates implementation of advanced volume rendering algorithms. "3Dlabs' prototype of the OpenGL 2.0 shading language running on the Wildcat VP allows us to investigate new enhancements for our rendering software," said Dr. Karel Zuiderveld, director of advanced technology at Vital Images. "The combination of highly programmable visual processors, such as the Wildcat VP, and emerging high-level shading languages, such as OpenGL 2.0, represent a paradigm shift in consumer graphics technology and our approach to volume rendering of medical data."

Vital Images recently joined the OpenGL Architectural Review Board, the multi-vendor body charged with maintaining and extending OpenGL as the industry standard for high-performance 3D imaging. The company is a non- voting member and is participating in the definition of the upcoming OpenGL 2.0 specification.

About 3Dlabs

3Dlabs, a subsidiary of Creative Technology Ltd., supplies graphics accelerator solutions to a broad range of professionals including the computer aided design (CAD), digital content creation (DCC), and visual simulation markets. Its award-winning Oxygen(R) and Wildcat graphics are available in the industry's leading OEM workstations, to the channel through an international distributor/reseller network, and directly to end-users at 3Dlabs' online store.

About Vitrea 2

Vitrea 2 is Vital Images' advanced medical imaging software for diagnostic evaluation of computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance (MR) image data. Vitrea 2 features real-time navigation of 3D volume data, permitting the user to create two- and three-dimensional views of human anatomy and to interactively navigate within these images to better visualize and understand internal structures and disease conditions. In addition, Vitrea 2 utilizes an intuitive clinical workflow and automatic settings to improve speed and simplicity over other visualization techniques.

About Vital Images

Vital Images is a leading provider of 3D imaging software for use in disease screening applications, clinical diagnosis and therapy planning. The company's technology utilizes high-speed volume visualization and analysis, as well as network communications based on DICOM and Internet protocols. Vital Images cost-effectively brings 3D visualization and analysis into the day-to- day practice of medicine. Press releases, examples of 3D medical imaging and other corporate information are available on Vital Images' Web site at http://www.vitalimages.com/. 

 

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