New Vital Image Management System (VIMS) Solves Medical Imaging Data Management Challenge

MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 5, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Vital Images, Inc. (Nasdaq:VTAL), a leading provider of advanced visualization and analysis solutions, introduces Vitrea Enterprise Suite, which combines the company's powerful 2D, 3D and 4D clinical applications and world-class services with a centralized solution for managing volumetric image data across the medical enterprise. The centralized data management solution, called Vital Image Management System (VIMS), delivers universal access to a single source of imaging data across the medical enterprise.

"Vitrea Enterprise Suite is an innovative advanced visualization platform that offers best-of-breed clinical applications combined with a robust, enterprise-class centralized data management solution accessible via the Web," said Michael H. Carrel, president and chief executive officer, Vital Images. "We developed this comprehensive solution to address the growing image data management and workstation proliferation challenges our customers face. Vitrea Enterprise Suite sets a high standard for managing volumetric image data across the enterprise, and supports clinical productivity, enhanced workflows and improved performance."

The suite addresses the CIO's challenge of managing multiple, disparate advanced visualization systems. It is also designed to help improve performance, ensure scalability and redundancy, and reduce total cost of ownership. Because Vitrea Enterprise Suite does not require proprietary hardware, customers can leverage their existing infrastructure. In addition, they can select deployment options to meet the unique needs of their clinical environments -- via Web browser, a stand-alone workstation, integrated into a PACS, or via an electronic medical records (EMR) or hospital information management system.

Vitrea Enterprise Suite also includes the company's award-winning services -- support, education, and integration and implementation consulting.

About Vital Images, Inc.

Vital Images, Inc., established in 1988 and headquartered in Minneapolis, is a leading provider of 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 Europe and Asia. For more information, visit www.vitalimages.com.

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CONTACT:  Vital Images, Inc.
          Michael H. Carrel, President and Chief Executive Officer
          (952) 487-9500
          www.vitalimages.com