Vital Images, Inc. To Webcast First-Quarter Earnings Conference Call Thursday, May 5

MINNEAPOLIS, April 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Vital Images, Inc. , a leading provider of enterprise-wide advanced visualization software, will host a live Webcast of its first-quarter earnings conference call Thursday, May 5, 2005, at 10:30 a.m. CT.

Jay D. Miller, president and chief executive officer, and Michael H. Carrel, interim chief financial officer, will recap first-quarter results and discuss priorities for the remainder of 2005. The company will issue a pre- market earnings news release on Thursday, May 5, 2005. To access this Webcast, go to the investors’ portion of the company’s Web site, http://www.vitalimages.com/ , and click on the Webcast icon. The Webcast replay will be available beginning at 12:30 p.m. CT, Thursday, May 5, 2005.

If you wish to listen to an audio replay of the conference call, dial (800) 405-2236 and enter conference call ID #11027685. The audio replay will be available beginning at 12:30 p.m. CT on Thursday, May 5, through 5:00 p.m. CT on Thursday, May 12.

About Vital Images, Inc.

Vital Images, Inc., headquartered in Minneapolis, is a leading provider of enterprise-wide advanced visualization software solutions for use in disease- screening applications, clinical diagnosis and therapy planning. 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. Press releases, examples of medical images and other corporate information are available on Vital Images’ Web site at http://www.vitalimages.com/ .

Vital Images, Inc.

CONTACT: Michael H. Carrel, Interim Chief Financial Officer of VitalImages, Inc., +1-952-487-9500, or Nancy A. Johnson of Padilla Speer Beardsley,+1-612-455-1745, njohnson@psbpr.com