Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

On March 3, 2009, the board of directors of Vital Images, Inc. (the "Company") authorized the repurchase of up to 1 million shares of the Company's common stock. A prior Company repurchase program that was announced in May 2008 in the amount of $25 million and extended in August 2008 in an additional amount of $15 million concluded on February 6, 2009, and resulted in the Company's repurchase of approximately 2.9 million shares of its common stock. A copy of the March 3, 2009 press release about the repurchase program is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

99.1 Press Release dated March 3, 2009, entitled, "Vital Images Announces Share Repurchase Program."

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