FONAR Stand-Up MRI #30 Installed at California Imaging Center with History of ''Firsts'' in Radiology
9 February 2004, 07:00am ET
MELVILLE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 9, 2004--FONAR Corporation (NASDAQ-FONR), The MRI Specialist(TM), announced today it completed the installation of a Stand-Up(TM) MRI for Radiology Medical Group, Inc., (RMG). Founded in 1917, RMG is one of the oldest radiology practices in the world. The new imaging center is located at 3366 Fifth Avenue (on the corner of Fifth & Upas), in San Diego, California, (619) 295-9729). The total number of Stand-Up(TM) MRI installations announced now stands at 30.
RMG is nationally recognized as a leader and innovator in the practice of radiology. Its pioneering milestones include: the first mammography practice in San Diego County (1963); the first private-practice angiographers in the U.S. (1966); the first to install a high resolution spine CT in San Diego (1980); the first office-based practice to install a multi-slice Spiral CT in San Diego (2000); and now the first to install a Stand-Up(TM) MRI in San Diego (2003).
Regarding milestones in the field of MRI, RMG members boast the first scientific publications on high resolution joint MRI (1984), and the first publication on multi-angle oblique (MAO) MRI (1985). The multi-angle oblique (MAO) work was performed by RMG member Murray A. Reicher, M.D., on a FONAR BETA 3000 Whole Body Scanner at the UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. Dr. Reicher said, "I was at UCLA from 1981 to 1985 where the FONAR BETA 3000 was the first MRI scanner I ever worked on. At that time, the FONAR BETA 3000's were state-of-the-art MRI scanners. We were very fortunate to be involved in the very early stages of MRI development, which gave us the opportunity to do some valuable groundbreaking research, especially on the spine and knee."
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Dr. Reicher and Dr. Leland Kellerhouse, also of RMG, later published the first textbook on MRI of the wrist (1988). Dr. Reicher has co-authored textbooks on MRI of the knee and MRI of the wrist, and has contributed to pioneering inventions related to the spine. Many consider Dr. Reicher the "Father of MRI of the Knee."
Dr. Reicher continued, "We wanted to buy an Open MRI for our new RMG facility. It was nice to see our old friends at FONAR with a very exciting and one-of-a-kind MRI scanner. The Stand-Up(TM) MRI is extraordinarily Open, by far the most Open in the industry. We have already seen several patients who had failed to complete their exams on other Open MRI devices but succeeded on the Stand-Up(TM) MRI. At 0.6 Tesla, the Stand-Up(TM) MRI is twice as powerful as most other Open MRIs. It also has substantially more features than most MRIs, such as Position Imaging(TM) (pMRI(TM))."
"In fact, we've already seen our Stand-Up(TM) MRI reveal disk abnormalities, spinal stenosis, and subluxations, worsening with upright and extension positioning," said Dr. Reicher. "But it is important to understand that the Stand-Up(TM) MRI is not just a spine scanner. I've been very impressed with its diagnostic versatility, including its outstanding brain, knee and wrist studies."
Raymond Damadian, president and founder of FONAR said, "It's always very gratifying to see past FONAR users become Stand-Up(TM) MRI customers, especially one of Dr. Reicher's stature. We look forward to working with him again. His vast experience and creativity will be very helpful to FONAR."
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