Vital Images to Webcast Annual Shareholder Meeting

Thursday, May 12 Live Webcast 1 p.m. CT

Vital Images, Inc. (Nasdaq:VTAL), a leading provider of advanced visualization and analysis solutions, invites investors and interested parties to hear a live webcast of its Annual Shareholder Meeting on Thursday, May 12, 2011, at 1 p.m. CT. The webcast can be accessed by clicking the webcast link in the Investors section of the Vital Images website at www.vitalimages.com. A replay of the webcast will be available under "Events & Presentations" in the Investors section of the Vital Images website starting at 5 p.m. CT on day of the meeting.

Michael H. Carrel, president and chief executive officer, and Peter J. Goepfrich, chief financial officer, will conduct the formal business of the annual meeting. No presentations will be made in light of the definitive agreement announced on April 27, 2011, pursuant to which a subsidiary ("Merger Sub") of Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation ("TMSC") will acquire all of the outstanding shares of common stock of Vital Images for $18.75 per share, through a cash tender offer followed by a merger.

The Annual Shareholders Meeting will be held at Vital Images' headquarters located at 5850 Opus Parkway, Suite 300, Minnetonka, Minnesota.

About Vital Images

Vital Images, Inc. is a leading provider of advanced visualization and analysis software for physicians and healthcare specialists. The company's software provides users productivity and communication tools to improve patient care that can be accessed throughout the enterprise anytime, anywhere via the Web. Established in 1988 and headquartered in Minneapolis, Vital Images also has offices in Europe and Asia. For more information, visit www.vitalimages.com.

Vital Images® and Vitrea® are registered trademarks of Vital Images, Inc. Vital disclaims any proprietary interest in the marks and names of others.

The Vital Images, Inc. logo is available at http://www.globenewswire.com/newsroom/prs/?pkgid=5843

Notice to Investors

The tender offer for the outstanding shares of Vital Images common stock referenced in this press release has not yet commenced. This press release is neither an offer to purchase nor a solicitation of an offer to sell securities. The solicitation and the offer to buy shares of Vital Images' common stock will be made pursuant to an offer to purchase and related materials that Merger Sub and TMSC expect to file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). At the time the tender offer is commenced, Merger Sub and TMSC will file a tender offer statement on Schedule TO (including an offer to purchase, a related letter of transmittal and other tender offer documents) with the SEC and Vital Images will file with the SEC a solicitation/recommendation statement on Schedule 14D-9 with respect to the tender offer. Shareholders of Vital Images are strongly advised to read the tender offer statement (including an offer to purchase, a related letter of transmittal and other tender offer documents) and the related solicitation/recommendation statement when they become available because they will contain important information that Vital Images shareholders should consider before making any decision regarding tendering their shares. These materials (and all other materials filed by Vital Images with the SEC) will be available to all shareholders of Vital Images at no expense to them on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. Free copies of the tender offer statement and related materials and the solicitation/recommendation statement, when available, may be obtained from the information agent for the tender offer.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements that are not historical facts and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described. All statements other than statements of historical fact are statements that could be deemed forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements in this press release include statements regarding the anticipated benefits of the proposed transaction; statements regarding the anticipated timing of filings and approvals relating to the transaction; statements regarding the expected timing of the completion of the transaction; statements regarding dependence on market growth; statements regarding challenges associated with international expansion; statements regarding the ability to predict product, customer and geographic sales mix; statements regarding fluctuations in interest rates; statements regarding regulatory approvals; statements regarding the timely introduction, availability and acceptance of new products; statements regarding the impact of competitive products and pricing; statements regarding dependence on major customers; statements regarding the ability to successfully manage operating costs; statements regarding fluctuations in quarterly results; statements regarding approval of products for reimbursement and the level of reimbursement; and any statements of assumptions underlying any of the foregoing. All forward-looking statements are based largely on current expectations and beliefs concerning future events, approvals and transactions that are subject to substantial risks and uncertainties. Factors that may cause or contribute to the actual results or outcomes being different from those contemplated by forward-looking statements include: risks and uncertainties associated with the tender offer, including uncertainties as to the timing of the tender offer and merger, uncertainties as to how many of Vital Images' shareholders will tender their shares in the offer, the risk that competing offers will be made, and the possibility that various closing conditions for the transaction may not be satisfied or waived. Other factors that may cause Vital Images' actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements are discussed in Vital Images' filings with the SEC, including in its periodic reports filed on Form 10-K and Form 10-Q with the SEC. Copies of Vital Images' filings with the SEC may be obtained at the "Investors" section of Vital Images' website at www.vitalimages.com. The forward-looking statements made in this release are made only as of the date of this release, and Vital undertakes no obligation to update them to reflect subsequent events or circumstances.

CONTACT: AT VITAL IMAGES:
         Peter J. Goepfrich
         Chief Financial Officer
         (952) 487-9500
         www.vitalimages.com
         
         AT PADILLA SPEER BEARDSLEY:
         Nancy A. Johnson, (612) 455-1745
         Marian Briggs, (612) 455-1742
         njohnson@psbpr.com / mbriggs@psbpr.com

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