VIDA is both the word “Life” in Spanish and an acronym representing the core mission of our software “Volumetric Image Display and Analysis.” The initial inspiration for the company began 30 years ago when Dr. Eric Hoffman introduced three-dimensional X-ray imaging techniques for the assessment of the lung, in conjunction with Mayo Clinic's ground-breaking Dynamic Spatial Reconstructor. His vision was to utilize the wealth of density information embedded in three-dimensional radiological images to add quantitative, repeatable diagnostic metrics to the visual interpretation of scan images and to provide the link between structure and function.
