Indomitable Leads FONAR Seven Product Display At RSNA.Business Editors and Medical/Health Writers NOTE TO MEDIA: Photo is available in a Smart News Release(TM) on Business Wire's Home Page at www.businesswire.com MELVILLE, N.Y.--(BW HealthWire)--Nov. 21, 2000 FONAR Corporation (NASDAQ-FONR), The Patient-Friendly(TM) MRI 1. (application) MRI - Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 2. MRI - Measurement Requirements and Interface. Company, announced it will be exhibiting at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America The Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), founded in 1915, has the purpose to "promote and develop the highest standards of radiology and related sciences through education and research". (RSNA RSNA Radiological Society of North America, Inc. RSNA Robust Security Network Association ) held in McCormick Place in Chicago from November 26th through December 1st. 60,000 attended RSNA last year, making it the world's largest medical meeting. The Company will highlight its FONAR Seven line of MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), noninvasive diagnostic technique that uses nuclear magnetic resonance to produce cross-sectional images of organs and other internal body structures. ) scanners. The Company's product line is the largest in the MRI industry. This past year the FDA FDA abbr. Food and Drug Administration FDA, n.pr See Food and Drug Administration. FDA, n.pr the abbreviation for the Food and Drug Administration. granted FONAR permission to market the FONAR 360(TM) and Indomitable in·dom·i·ta·ble adj. Incapable of being overcome, subdued, or vanquished; unconquerable. [Late Latin indomit (TM), the Stand-Up stand·up or stand-up adj. 1. Standing erect; upright: a standup collar. 2. Taken, done, or used while standing: a standup supper; a standup bar. MRI(TM) which enables, for the first time, weight-bearing, positional MRI scanning (pMRI). On August 2, 2000 General Electric Medical Systems and FONAR announced an agreement whereby GE will sell and distribute FONAR's Stand-Up(TM) MRI. http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?pw.112100/bb1 "I believe that our Stand-Up MRI(TM) scanner will be the most exciting product at this year's RSNA," said Raymond Damadian, president and chairman of FONAR. "We recently reported that a neurosurgeon neurosurgeon a physician who specializes in neurosurgery. neurosurgeon A surgeon specialized in managing diseases of the brain, spine and peripheral nerves Meat & potatoes diseases Brain tumors, spinal cord disease Salary $245K + 15% bonus. in Alabama, using MRI scans from Indomitable(TM), successfully performed surgery on a patient's spine. The surgeon credited his success, in large part, to the extraordinary pMRI visualization of the lower back with the patient in an upright position. I fully expect that this will be a most productive RSNA for our Company." "For the second year in a row, FONAR has been selected by the Radiological Society of North America for a premier location on the floor of the exhibition," said Ralph Terrell, FONAR trade show coordinator and Regional Sales Manager. "Like last year, we are located in a high- traffic position, near the General Electric exhibit. The RSNA committee is impressed with our exhibit, which features a state-of-the-art, multi-media product presentation in a unique theater-like environment. The exhibit area is one-third larger than last year's in order to showcase Indomitable(TM)." The FONAR Seven also includes: The QUAD(TM) 12000, the Company's premier 0.6 Tesla Open MRI; The Echo(TM), an economical 0.3 Tesla Open MRI; The FONAR 360(TM), which is available in its 'open sky' configuration for diagnostic purposes, and, in the future, in its interventional-360 configuration for MRI-guided interventions(TM). Its works-in-progress scanners include the Pinnacle(TM), a 0.6 Tesla Open MRI with a superconducting magnet, and a new scanner that will be announced at this year's RSNA. Be sure to visit FONAR's website for Company product and investor information.www.fonar.com This release may include forward-looking statements from the company that may or may not materialize. Additional information on factors that could potentially affect the company's financial results may be found in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Note: A Photo is available at URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. : http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?pw.112100/bb1 |
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