Alliance Imaging buys five mobile MRIs

Imaging services provider Alliance Imaging of Orange, CA, last

month announced that it has purchased five new mobile 1-tesla

MRI scanners worth a total of $8 million. Alliance bought two

of the scanners from GE, two from Siemens, and one from Picker.

The deal is part of Alliance's campaign to upgrade its mobile

fleet: The firm has bought 11 new 1-tesla mobile scanners this

year, and plans to upgrade another 14, according to president

Richard Zehner.