GE Healthcare's vascular ultrasound group and Medipattern have signed a definitive collaboration agreement to create ultrasound-based Vascular Imaging Quantification tools (Vascular iQ).

The Toronto-based Medipattern said it will leverage technology developed in its Cadenza algorithm platform and extend it with additional functionality to create Vascular iQ. Medipattern will create a generalized version of the vascular product while building an exclusive version for GE ultrasound systems, which will be available to the global market through GE's distribution to network.