FONAR Exhibits Images of Beating Heart At RSNA 2004; Company's Upright MRI Provides Images of Beating Heart and Blood-Vascular System of Patients in Standing or Sitting Position

          MELVILLE, NEW YORK, December 2, 2004 - FONAR Corporation (NASDAQ-FONR), The MRI Specialist™, demonstrated the latest works-in-progress application of its Upright™ MRI - obtaining images of the beating heart and the blood-vascular system with the patient in the vertical position - at the Technical Exhibit of the 90th Scientific Assembly & Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), in Chicago.
           Raymond V. Damadian, president and founder said, "When physicians evaluate cardiac patients with heart failure, they would prefer to see the heart performing against its normal physiological uphill load rather than in the lying down position, where the blood is practically running downhill. Moreover, imaging blood vessels vertically where flow is against gravity is more likely to visualize the full impact of vascular pathologies on blood flow that is not evident when blood is flowing horizontally. In the gravity-affected vertical position, multiple factors may lead to decreased arterial or venous circulation, such as decreased cardiac output or loss of auto regulation."
           "FONAR is delighted to introduce the first-ever MR angiography and cines of the beating heart in the standing, sitting, obliquely oriented or reverse Trendelenburg positions at RSNA. With over 60,000 radiologists, physicians and allied health care professionals from around the world attending the conference, the 2004 RSNA Technical Exhibit offers FONAR the perfect forum in which to demonstrate our products to a highly targeted audience," concluded Dr. Damadian.
           In addition, FONAR unveiled the prototype of its works-in-progress MRI compatible treadmill for use inside its Upright™ MRI Magnet. Interchangeable with the Company's standard Upright™ MRI positioning system, this novel device is designed to provide doctors and clinicians with the ability to directly image the exercising heart.

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. 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.