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About Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation is one of the world's leading
diagnostic imaging manufacturers .

Mental Health Connections Appoints Genelex Exclusive Distributor of GeneMedRx Software

GeneMedRx provides physicians who use DNA testing to improve drug
safety with the interpretative information they need to make clinical
decisions.

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"Vital Images and Toshiba have enjoyed a very successful partnership for
five years, and we're pleased to extend our agreement," said Jay D. Press releases , examples of their medical solutions
and other corporate information are available on Toshiba Corporation 's Web
site at http://www. "Providing actionable information to physicians with patient
DNA testing results is the major barrier to bringing the benefits of
pharmacogenetics to patients.

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Since 2000 , Toshiba has been providing Vitrea software as the advanced
visualization and analysis software of choice to customers purchasing
Toshiba's Aquilion(TM) and other CT scanners.

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interactions are an important source of adverse drug reactions, a
major medical problem. It meshes perfectly
with the DNA testing results," stated Howard Coleman, Genelex founder
and CEO.

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Vital Images Renews Marketing and Distribution Agreement With Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation

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Genelex Corporation , Seattle, Washington, is a DNA testing
laboratory dedicated to bringing the benefits of pharmacogenetic drug
reaction testing to patients and their physicians in order to reduce
the high levels of morbidity and mortality that result from adverse
drug reactions.

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In addition, Vitrea 2 software
utilizes an intuitive clinical workflow and automatic settings to improve
speed and simplicity over other visualization techniques.

About Vital Images
Vital Images is a leading provider of 3D imaging software for use in
disease screening applications, clinical diagnosis and therapy planning .

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"As part of our
renewed alliance, we will collaborate more on joint product development,
especially in the rapidly expanding cardiac market. The
company's technology utilizes high-speed volume visualization and analysis, as
well as network communications based on DICOM and Internet protocols. Press releases , examples of 3D medical
imaging and other corporate information are available on Vital Images' Web
site at http://www. The program incorporates DNA testing results for the most
important drug processing enzymes responsible for the detoxification
and activation of more than half of the most commonly used medicines. Their primary product is designed to identify drug
interactions based on the mainstream of drug metabolism research.

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Vitrea 2 software features real-time navigation of 3D volume data, permitting
the user to create two- and three-dimensional views of human anatomy, and to
interactively navigate within these images to better visualize and understand
internal structures and disease conditions .

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 that involve
risks and uncertainties which could cause results to differ materially from
those projected, including dependence on market growth, the timely
availability and acceptance of new products, the impact of competitive
products and pricing, dependence on major customers, fluctuations in quarterly
results, third-party reimbursement, the availability of capital and other
risks detailed from time to time in Vital Images' SEC reports, including its
most recent report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004.

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"Genelex is a leader in providing pharmacogenetic technology for
the prevention of adverse drug reactions, a major medical problem,"
said Dr.

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"Vitrea and Aquilion complement each other perfectly, and we look forward to
working even more closely with the Vital Images team . The company's vision is to provide solutions to the medical
profession that help save patients ' lives while offering reliable products
with a long service life.toshiba.

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As under the previous
agreement, Toshiba will offer Vital Images' Vitrea(R) 2 software through its
subsidiaries and distributors in more than 50 nations in North and South
America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa , Australia and Asia, except Japan. GeneMedRx is the
upgraded, genetics-ready version of Mental Health Connections' P450
Drug Interactions program, in use by doctors since 1997.

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New Contract Extends Through 2006

MINNEAPOLIS, Vital Images, Inc.
Vital Images disclaims any proprietary interest in the marks and names of
others. Robert Patterson, Mental Health Connections ' founder and
principal.
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enzymes with reduced or absent function in more than one-third of
individuals.

Mental Health Connections is a Lexington, Massachusetts-based
developer of medical management software for physicians and research
scientists.

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Images cost effectively brings 3D visualization and analysis into the
day -to-day practice of medicine.
"Mental Health Connection software is one of the most valuable
adverse drug interaction programs available today.

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Vitrea 2
Vitrea 2 is Vital Images' advanced medical imaging software for diagnostic
evaluation of computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance (MR) image data. Having a tool to provide that
information is an important advance for the safety of patients,"
concluded Coleman.

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2005--GeneMedRx is a software tool used by physicians to identify
potential drug interactions based on individual patient prescription ,
over-the-counter, and herbal medicine regimens.

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Our current physician subscribers tell us that
using our program markedly improves the safety and efficacy of their
prescribing practices," he added.

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S. and international marketing
and distribution agreement for two years, through 2006."
"As physicians increasingly use scanners that produce an enormous volume
of images per study, fast and easy-to-use advanced visualization software is
needed to optimize workflow and clinical benefits ," said Toshihiro Rifu,
general manager CT systems division, Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation.

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Miller,
president and chief executive officer of Vital Images.

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"We're working with Genelex because they have the
pioneering status and marketing ability required to distribute our
program more widely.

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(Nasdaq: VTAL), a leading provider of enterprise-wide advanced visualization
software, and Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation (Toshiba), headquartered in
Tochigi, Japan, have agreed to renew their U. The expanding Toshiba Medical Systems Group
operates in more than 80 countries with the goal of establishing a strong
global business while lending strong support to the advancement of medicine
worldwide.
Vitrea(R) is a registered trademark and ViTALConnect(TM) is a trademark of
Vital Images, Inc.

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