Fonar scores stand up MRI install

Fonar Corp. has installed its Stand-Up MRI at Hampton Roads Orthopedics and Sports Medicine in Newport News, Va.

Fonar said it is the first Stand-Up MRI sale in the Commonwealth of Virginia and is of particular significance because a Certificate of Public Need (COPN) is required.

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