MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 23, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Vital Images, Inc. (Nasdaq:VTAL), a leading provider of advanced visualization and analysis solutions, will present at the Oppenheimer 20th Annual Healthcare Conference on Tuesday, Nov. 3, at 1:10 p.m. CT (2:10 p.m. ET). Michael H. Carrel, president and chief executive officer, will discuss the company's business and growth strategies.

To access the webcast, go to the investors' section of the Vital Images Web site, www.vitalimages.com, and click on the webcast icon. The archived webcast will be available at 4 p.m. CT on Tuesday, Nov. 3.

The conference, sponsored by Oppenheimer & Co., will be held Nov. 3 to 4 at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City.

About Vital Images

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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Forward-Looking Statements

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, fluctuations in interest rates, 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, 2008. Vital Images encourages 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.

CONTACT:  Vital Images, Inc.
          Peter J. Goepfrich, Chief Financial Officer
          (952) 487-9500
          www.vitalimages.com
          Padilla Speer Beardsley:
          Nancy A. Johnson
            (612) 455-1745
            njohnson@psbpr.com
          Marian Briggs
            (612) 455-1742
            mbriggs@psbpr.com