Vital Images, Inc.: Medical Device Recall in 2012 - (Recall #: Z-0186-2013)

Updated on March 25, 2026.

See the recall detail below. You can also see other recalls from the same firm in 2012.

Data Source: FDA.

Product Description:

Software for Vitrea, Vitrea fX, and Vitrea Enterprise Suite (VES): VPMC-09293C Vitrea . Model Number Vitrea 5.2, 6.0, 6.1, and 6.2 VPMC-09346B Vitrea fX Model Number Vitrea fX 3.1, 5.2, 6.0, 6.1, and 6.2 VPMC-11731A Vitrea Enterprise Suite Model Number Vitrea Enterprise Suite 1.3, 6.0, 6.1, and 6.2. The software is a medical diagnostic system that allows the processing, review, analysis, communication, and media interchange of multi-dimensional digital images acquired from a variety of imaging devices. It provides the ability to review digital images from original DICOM data for multiple modalities, including CT, MR, DR, CR, XA, US, NM, PET, etc. The software is not meant for primary image interpretation in mammography. The Vitrea VScore option is intended for cardiac scoring from whole body CT derived measurements, including non-invasive detection and quantification of atherosclerotic plaque. Two image processing options, EKG Gate and Auto Gate, allow the operator to select images with reduced motion artifacts when processing data for Coronary Artery Calcification Scoring.

Product Classification:

Class II

Date Initiated: August 13, 2012

Date Posted: November 7, 2012

Recall Number: Z-0186-2013

Event ID: 63104

Reason for Recall:

Vital Images has found two potential errors in calcium score values in restored snapshots of studies generated through use of Vitrea or Vitrea Enterprise Suite. This issue affects Version 3.1 of Vitrea fX; Version 5.2 of Vitrea; Versions 6.0, 6.1 and 6.2 of Vitrea and Vitrea fX; and Versions 1.3, 6.0, 6.1 and 6.2 of Vitrea Enterprise Suite; and all updates to those versions.

Status: Terminated

Product Quantity: 2088 (1133 USA)

Code Information:

Model Number Vitrea 5.2, 6.0, 6.1, and 6.2 VPMC-09346B Vitrea fX Model Number Vitrea fX 3.1, 5.2, 6.0, 6.1, and 6.2 VPMC-11731A Vitrea Enterprise Suite Model Number Vitrea Enterprise Suite 1.3, 6.0, 6.1, and 6.2.

Distribution Pattern:

Worldwide Distribution-USA (nationwide) including DC and Puerto Rico, and the countries of ALGERIA, ANGOLA, ARGENTINA, AUSTRALIA, AUSTRIA, BELARUS, BELGIUM, BRAZIL, BULGARIA, CANADA CHILE, CHINA, COLOMBIA, CZECH REPUBLIC, DENMARK, ECUADOR, EGYPT, FINLAND, FRANCE, GREAT BRITAIN, GEORGIA, GERMANY, GHANA, GREECE, GUAM, HONDURAS, HONG KONG, INDIA, INDONESIA, IRAQ, IRELAND, ITALY, IVORY COAST, JAPAN, JORDAN KAZAKHSTAN, KOREA, KUWAIT, LEBANON, LITHUANIA, MALAYSIA, MEXICO, MALI, MOSCOW, MYANMAR, NAMIBIA, NETHERLANDS, NEW ZEALAND, NIGERIA, NORTHERN IRELAND, NORWAY, PAKISTAN, PANAMA, PERU, PHILIPPINES, POLAND, PORTUGAL, QATAR, ROMANIA, RUSSIA, SAUDI ARABIA, SENEGAL, SERBIA, SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO, SINGAPORE, SLOVAKIA, SLOVENIA, SOUTH AFRICA, SPAIN, SUDAN, SWEDEN, SWITZERLAND, TAIWAN, THAILAND, THE NETHERLANDS, TIBET, TURKEY, UKRAINE, UNITED KINGDOM, UZBEKISTAN, VENEZUELA, VIETNAM, AND YEMEN

Voluntary or Mandated:

Voluntary: Firm initiated