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Vital Images Announces Worldwide, Including Japan, Distribution and Licensing Agreement With Toshiba Medical Systems

Tuesday, November 27, 2007 General News
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MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 26 Vital Images, Inc.(Nasdaq: VTAL), a leading provider of enterprise-wide advanced visualizationand analysis solutions, announced a worldwide distribution and licensingagreement with Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation providing advancedvisualization and analysis solutions for Toshiba's newly launchedAquilionONE(TM) dynamic volume CT scanner. The announcement was made at the93rd Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society ofNorth America (RSNA) in Chicago, November 25-29. This agreement includes, forthe first time, a licensing agreement for ViTAL's solution for the AquilionONEin Japan.
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"We are extremely excited to extend our relationship with Toshiba toprovide advanced visualization and analysis solutions for the AquilionONE,"said Jay D. Miller, president and chief executive officer for Vital Images."The inclusion of the Japanese market for clinical applications forAquilionONE extends our long-standing partnership to include broadergeographical and market penetration."
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"We are pleased with our long term partnership with Vital Images forclinical applications extending the power of AquilionONE," said Yusuke Toki,general manager of CT Division, Toshiba Medical Systems. "The combined powerof AquilionONE and advanced visualization has the potential to improve patientcare and reduce overall costs."

About Vitrea(R) Software

Vitrea(R) software, named Best New Radiology Software (Version 4.0) byAuntMinnie.com, is Vital Images' advanced visualization solution that creates2D, 3D and 4D images of human anatomy from CT (computed tomography) and MR(magnetic resonance) image data. Vitrea uses an intuitive clinical workflowand automation to improve speed to clinical decisions and workflow simplicityover other visualization techniques. With these productivity-enhancing tools,physicians can easily navigate within these images to better understanddisease conditions. Vitrea addresses specialists' needs through variousclinical applications for cardiac, colon, neuro and general vascular analysis.

About Toshiba

With headquarters in Tustin, Calif., Toshiba America Medical Systemsmarkets, sells, distributes and services diagnostic imaging systems, andcoordinates clinical diagnostic imaging research for all modalities in theUnited States. Toshiba Medical Systems Corp., an independent group company ofToshiba Corp., is a global leading provider of diagnostic medical imagingsystems and comprehensive medical solutions, such as CT, Cath & EP Labs,X-ray, Ultrasound, Nuclear Medicine, MRI and information systems. ToshibaCorp. is a leader in information and communications systems, electroniccomponents, consumer products, and power systems. Toshiba has approximately191,000 employees worldwide and annual sales of $60 billion. For moreinformation, visit http://www.medical.toshiba.com.

About Vital Images, Inc.

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

Except for the historical information contained herein, the mattersdiscussed in this news release are forward-looking statements within themeaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and areintended to enjoy the protection of the safe harbor for forward-lookingstatements provided by that Act. These statements involve risks anduncertainties which could cause results to differ materially from thoseprojected, including but not limit
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