FONAR SELLS AND INSTALLS AN UPRIGHT MRI IN YONKERS, NEW YORK
- Yonkers Mayor Cuts Ribbon to Highlight Grand Opening -

          MELVILLE, NEW YORK, February 23, 2005 - FONAR Corporation (NASDAQ-FONR), The MRI Specialist, today announced that it has sold and installed one of its Upright™ MRI scanners to Upright Imaging of Westchester, Yonkers, New York. Philip A. Amicone, Mayor of the City of Yonkers and other city officials attended the grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony.

Taking part in the ribbon cutting ceremony are Sol Ginzburg, FONAR Vice President of Sales, Ms. Betty Heiman, Site Director at Upright Imaging of Westchester, Mayor Philip A. Amicone, City of Yonkers, and Anthony DiPietro, Marketing Director for Upright Imaging of Westchester.

Ms. Betty Heiman, Site Director for Upright Imaging of Westchester said, “We are thankful for the Mayor and other city officials to have attended our grand opening at Upright Imaging of Westchester, and to have issued a Mayoral Citation.”

The Mayoral Citation said in part, “Whereas, Upright Imaging of Westchester (offers) a powerful new perspective in Magnetic Resonance Imaging, (which) will bring a new state-of-the-art MRI practice to patients in the Westchester community made up of (a) consummately professional staff of men and women dedicated to their clients and the highly-placed tenets and principles which have provided cutting-edge diagnostic technology that will be a welcome addition to the City of Yonkers."

“Already our new FONAR Upright™ MRI has helped some of the citizens of Yonkers,” said Ms. Heiman. “One of our patients had been stuck in a closed MRI during a blackout and had a horrible experience. The man, a fireman, was petrified at the thought of having another MRI. The Upright™ MRI made all the difference. After that experience, he said he would never go anywhere else for an MRI.”

Mr. Anthony DiPietro, Marketing Director for Upright Imaging of Westchester said, “The Upright™ MRI is simply the easiest and most comfortable for our patients. Several had difficulty and pain when they would lie down and essentially could not be scanned lying down. So, we scanned them standing and it went very well. One of the patients was very tall and we scanned his neck (cervical spine) and this was not a problem for the patient positioning system of the Upright™ MRI.”

Waiting room at “Upright Imaging of Westchester”

Five year-old Sophie, daughter of Site Director Betty Heiman, sits comfortably in FONAR’s Upright™ MRI scanner at “Upright Imaging of Westchester”.

Upright Imaging of Westchester is located at 1034 North Broadway, Suite 5, Yonkers, New York. Call Upright Imaging of Westchester at (914) 969-1818 for an appointment.

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, we have installed nearly 300 MRI scanners worldwide. FONAR’s stellar product line includes the Upright™ MRI (also known as the Stand-Up™ MRI), the only whole-body MRI that performs Position™ imaging (pMRI™) and scans patients in numerous weight-bearing positions, i.e. standing, sitting, in flexion and extension, as well as the conventional lie-down position. With over 100,000 patients scanned, the patient-friendly Upright™ 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. Our latest MRI scanner is the FONAR 360™, 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.