Radiologist Buys and Installs The Fifth FONAR Upright MRI In New Jersey and Says To His Patients: ''Upright MRI - No More Claustrophobia - The Tunnel Is Gone''.

MELVILLE, N.Y. -- FONAR Corporation (NASDAQ-FONR), The Inventor of MR Scanning(TM), announced today that it has installed an Upright(TM) MRI in Cherry Hill, New Jersey bringing the total to five installed in New Jersey.

G. Tom Morea, M.D., one of the world's most experienced, fellowship trained MRI radiologists with board certification, said today, "During my twenty-two years as a Radiologist engaged in reading MR images, I have worked on scanners of nearly every MRI manufacturer in the industry. This includes several Siemens, GE, Marconi, Picker, Philips, Shimatsu and even Diasonics MRI's. I have also worked on both low-field Open and high-field Open Hitachi scanners. Now that I have free reign to pick the system that will be best for my patients, I choose FONAR."

Dr. Morea continued, "Although we have only been in operations a few weeks, already our patients and their referring physicians are delighted. It is obvious why our patients are happy, as they are no longer anxious while being scanned in the vertical configuration of this magnet. We have already provided excellent scans on patients who could not be studied on other 'open' MRI's. They were thrilled! That is why we say, Upright MRI - No More Claustrophobia - The Tunnel Is Gone!"

"Our referring physicians have been impressed with the image quality, and commented that the studies are quite comparable to that of a 1.5 Tesla," said Dr. Morea. "In the case of spine studies, we are able to image the fully weight-loaded spine, the only way to optimally assess spine pathology. In the two short weeks we have been scanning, I have already diagnosed disc herniations that were only apparent with flexion or extension and not apparent on neutral views. Evaluating the spine with its weight load removed, as in the case of the recumbent only tunnel MRI, represents an incomplete evaluation of the patient's spine problem."

"I am looking forward to the visualization of shoulder pathology in various views that are possible on the Upright(TM) MR that are not easily obtained on other systems, and to explore weight-bearing studies of the knees and ankles," added Dr. Morea. "Our technologists are also happy with FONAR's Upright(TM) MRI. It is simple to operate and FONAR's application teams are readily accessible for guidance as needed."

Dr. Morea concluded, "I have not been this excited about a new MRI technology for a very long time, and can't wait to put this scanner through its paces."

Upright MRI of Cherry Hill is located at 701 Route 38 East in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. The telephone number is [phone].

This week from November 27th - December 1st , FONAR is exhibiting at the Technical Exhibit of the 91st Scientific Assembly & Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) in Chicago. Over 60,000 radiologists, physicians and allied health care professionals from around the world are expected to attend the conference. The FONAR exhibit is among the largest displays at this years RSNA.

About FONAR

FONAR was incorporated in 1978, making it the first, oldest and most experienced MRI manufacturer in the industry. FONAR introduced the world's first commercial MRI in 1980, and went public in 1981. Since its inception FONAR has installed over 300 MRI scanners worldwide. Their stellar product line includes the Upright(TM) MRI (also known as the Stand-Up(TM) MRI), the only whole-body MRI that performs Position(TM) imaging (pMRI(TM)) and scans patients in numerous weight-bearing positions, i.e. standing, sitting, in flexion and extension, as well as the conventional lie-down position. The FONAR Upright(TM) MRI often sees the patient's problem that other scanners cannot because they are lie-down only. With over 100,000 patients scanned, the patient-friendly Upright(TM) MRI has a near zero claustrophobic rejection rate by patients. As a FONAR customer states, "If the patient is claustrophobic in this scanner, they'll be claustrophobic in my parking lot." Approximately 85% of patients are scanned sitting while they watch a 42" flat screen TV. FONAR's latest MRI scanner is the FONAR 360(TM), a room-size recumbent scanner that optimizes openness while facilitating physician access to the patient. FONAR is headquartered on Long Island, New York, and has approximately 500 employees.

The Inventor of MR Scanning True Flow, Stand-Up, Upright, Position, PMRI and The Proof is in the Picture are trademarks of FONAR.

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