Advanced visualization firm Viatronix reported that it has installed its V3D Colon module for virtual colonoscopy at 14 hospitals throughout France, and that it expects to install the application at additional French sites in the coming months
The Stony Brook, NY-based company said that all the hospitals are taking part in the STIC clinical trial, which will begin shortly and is expected to take 24 months to complete.
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
October 19, 2006
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