The Minnies Award Recognizes Excellence in Radiology

MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Vital Images, Inc. (Nasdaq: VTAL), a leading provider of enterprise-wide advanced visualization and analysis solutions, announced it has received the Minnie Award for Best New Radiology Software for the Company's Vitrea(R) 4.0 advanced visualization software. Awarded by AuntMinnie.com, the leading online community for radiology professionals, the Minnies recognize excellence in radiology in 13 categories, ranging from products to radiologist training programs to researchers.

"Vital Images pioneered the development of advanced visualization and analysis technology more than 10 years ago and we're pleased that AuntMinnie's expert panel has recognized our commitment to bringing customers fast and easy to use solutions that dramatically simplify the complexities of the medical imaging world," said Jay D. Miller, president and chief executive officer of Vital Images. "Receiving the Minnie for Best New Radiology Software is particularly gratifying as it's based on impact measured by users as well as radiology thought leaders."

Each September, Minnies candidates are nominated by AuntMinnie.com members, and winners are selected through a vote by AuntMinnie's expert panel of editors and radiology professionals. In the 2007 edition of the Minnies, more than 190 candidates competed in 13 categories.

"The Minnies were created to recognize excellence in radiology across a number of categories, and we think the 2007 winners represent groundbreaking efforts to improve the radiology profession and the delivery of patient care," said Brian Casey, editor in chief, AuntMinnie.com. "We offer our congratulations to the winners, as well as all the candidates who made it to the final round, and thank our members and readers who participated."

AuntMinnie provides a forum for radiologists, business managers, technologists, members of organized medicine, and industry to meet, transact, research, and collaborate on topics within the field of radiology with the ease and speed that only the Internet can provide.

About Vitrea(R) Software

Vitrea(R) software is Vital Images' advanced visualization solution that creates 2D, 3D and 4D images of human anatomy from CT (computed tomography) and MR (magnetic resonance) image data. Vitrea uses an intuitive clinical workflow and automation to improve speed to clinical decisions and workflow simplicity over other visualization techniques. With these productivity- enhancing tools, physicians can easily navigate within these images to better understand disease conditions. Vitrea addresses specialists' needs through various clinical applications for cardiac, colon, neuro and general vascular analysis.

About Vital Images, Inc.

Vital Images, Inc., headquartered in Minneapolis, is a leading provider of enterprise-wide advanced visualization software solutions. The company's technology gives radiologists, cardiologists, oncologists and other medical specialists time-saving productivity and communications tools that can be accessed throughout the enterprise and via the Web for easy use in the day-to- day practice of medicine. Vital Images also has offices in Den Haag, The Netherlands and Beijing, China. For more information, visit http://www.vitalimages.com.

Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in this news release are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and are intended to enjoy the protection of the safe harbor for forward-looking statements provided by that Act. These statements involve risks and uncertainties which could cause results to differ materially from those projected, including but not limited to dependence on market growth, challenges associated with international expansion, the ability to predict product, customer and geographic sales mix, regulatory approvals, the timely introduction, availability and acceptance of new products, the impact of competitive products and pricing, dependence on major customers, the ability to successfully manage operating costs, fluctuations in quarterly results, approval of products for reimbursement and the level of reimbursement, and other factors detailed from time to time in Vital Images' SEC reports, including its annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006. Vital Images encourages urges you to consider all of these risks, uncertainties and other factors carefully in evaluating the forward-looking statements contained in this release. As a result of these matters, changes in facts, assumptions not being realized or other circumstances, the company's actual results may differ materially from the expected results discussed in the forward-looking statements contained in this release. The forward-looking statements made in this release are made only as of the date of this release, and the company undertakes no obligation to update them to reflect subsequent events or circumstances.

Vitrea(R) is a registered trademark of Vital Images, Inc. Vital Images disclaims any proprietary interest in the marks and names of others.

SOURCE Vital Images, Inc.
10/31/2007
CONTACT: Michael H. Carrel
Chief Operating Officer & Chief Financial Officer of Vital Images, Inc.
+1-952-487-9500
Web site: http://www.vitalimages.com
http://www.auntminnie.com
(VTAL)

CO: Vital Images, Inc.; AuntMinnie.com; Vitrea(R) Software
ST: Minnesota
IN: CPR STW HEA
SU: AWD