MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 8, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Vital Images, Inc.
(Nasdaq:VTAL), a leading provider of advanced visualization software
solutions, today announced that Oran Muduroglu has been appointed a
member of the board of directors. Muduroglu has more than 22 years of
experience in healthcare information technology as the co-founder of
Stentor, Inc. a disruptive innovator in the PACS industry, and most
recently, served as the chief executive officer of Healthcare
Informatics, a Business Group within Philips Healthcare.

"We are thrilled to have Oran join our board of directors," said
Michael H. Carrel, Vital Images president and chief executive officer.
"Oran brings an impressive track record for developing and delivering
robust healthcare informatics solutions. An industry veteran, he is
well known and respected in healthcare informatics and has strong
experience in improving healthcare quality, providing cost-efficient
access to healthcare-related information and building partnerships with
leading medical institutions."

At Philips Medical Systems' Healthcare Informatics, Muduroglu was
responsible for the horizontal clinical applications across the
healthcare division, a $10 billion business. In 1998, Muduroglu
co-founded and became chief executive officer of Stentor (acquired by
Philips in 2005), where he helped redefine PACS, based on a service and
delivery model. In the early 1990s, he served as vice president of
sales and marketing at Cemax, a medical 3D workstation developer, and
prior to that, as senior product manager at Toshiba Medical, where he
introduced the company's new CT scanners in the United States.
Muduroglu received his engineering degree from King's College, London.

Muduroglu said, "Vital Images has significantly expanded its clinical
applications. The company's unwavering commitment to research and
development has led to an invaluable platform technology supporting
best-of-breed clinical solutions for the hospital enterprise. That has
impressed me, and I look forward to working with the other members of
Vital Images' board, and Mike and his management team, to execute the
strategic plan for growth."

Muduroglu will stand for election at the next annual shareholders'
meeting of Vital Images, with the other directors of the company.

About Vital Images

Vital Images, Inc., 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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the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and
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impact of competitive products and pricing, dependence on major
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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
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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