FONAR INSTALLS FIRST OF THREE STAND-UP MRI'S SOLD TO
KENTUCKY PHYSICIAN GROUP

          MELVILLE, NEW YORK, April 6, 2004 - FONAR Corporation (NASDAQ-FONR), The MRI Specialist™, announced today the installation of the first of three Stand-Up™ MRIs sold to a physician group in Kentucky. The scanner was installed in Open Stand Up MRI at 5001 Houston Road in Florence, which is located off Interstate 75 near the Cincinnatti/Northern Kentucky National Airport [(859) 514-0146].
          Sol Ginzburg, vice president of sales at FONAR said, "The three sales to this Kentucky group are noteworthy because the group purchased two additional Stand-Up™ MRI scanners even before the first one was installed. It is a remarkable demonstration of the customer's confidence in the diagnostic and marketing advantages of this product. We now have 14 multi-unit purchasers of the Stand-Up™ MRI. In fact, about two thirds of all Stand-Up™ MRI sales have been to multi-unit purchasers, which speaks volumes about our customers' satisfaction with our product."
          A physician at Open Stand Up MRI said, "Certain pathology cannot be detected with a patient scanned in a
lie-down position, which is the only position every other type of MRI scanner allows. This unique diagnostic advantage does not come at the expense of image quality. The Stand-Up™ MRI is twice as powerful as most Open MRI scanners, and referring physicians find its images are comparable to those of high-field scanners."
          A spokesman for Open Stand Up MRI said, "Our new Stand-Up™ MRI is the only MRI that does Position™ Imaging (pMRI™), which means patients can be scanned in the positions in which they experience pain or their symptoms. It is the only scanner that allows physicians to evaluate their patients in weight-bearing postures. Scans may be taken while sitting, standing, bending, in flexion or extension, or in the conventional recumbent position. Approximately 85% of the time, patients are scanned in the sitting position, which is the most comfortable position.
          "The revolutionary design of the Stand-Up™ MRI allows patients to simply walk in and be scanned. The Stand-Up™ MRI allows all parts of the body, particularly the spine and joints, to be imaged in the weight bearing state. The system is equipped with the unique MRI-compatible motorized patient handling system that will move the patient into the magnet and place the anatomy of interest into the center of the magnet gap. It also can rotate the vertically-oriented patient into a horizontal position so the patient can be scanned lying down just like in the case of a traditional MRI. It is the only system in the world where you can actually watch TV during the imaging procedure."
          Mr. Ginzburg added, "By the way, Open Stand-Up MRI did a excellent job on their Web site. It has several studies that make a compelling case for Upright Imaging, and it points out the many advantages that the Stand Up™ MRI offers to both patients and referring physicians. I recommend that anyone interested in the Stand-Up MRI visit www.openstandupmri.com."