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5 September, 2007

RadNet Acquires the Valley Imaging Centers in Victorville, California

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  • RadNet acquires three multi-modality facilities in Victorville, California

  • The acquisition strengthens RadNet’s presence in this market, a market where RadNet already has one facility

  • Approximately 80 miles northeast of Los Angeles, Victorville is one of the fastest growing areas of San Bernardino County

LOS ANGELES, California, September 5, 2007 – RadNet, Inc. (NASDAQ: RDNT), a national leader in providing high-quality, cost-effective diagnostic imaging services through a network of owned and operated outpatient imaging centers, today reported that it acquired three multimodality imaging centers in Victorville, California for $3.3 million plus the assumption of approximately $1.2 million of debt.

The centers, previously owned by Valley Imaging Center, Inc., will substantially increase RadNet’s presence in a market where, prior to the acquisition, RadNet had a single-modality open MRI location which it acquired as part of its acquisition of Radiologix.  Victorville is one of the fastest growing areas of San Bernardino County.  Since 2000, Victorville’s population has grown nearly 50% to almost 100,000 people.  The acquisition has made RadNet the only significant multi-modality freestanding outpatient imaging provider in Victorville.

With approximately $6 million of annual revenues, Valley Imaging has been a leading provider of outpatient diagnostic imaging in Victorville for over 20 years.  The acquired centers offer a combination of MRI, CT, X-ray, Mammography, Fluoroscopy and Ultrasound.  The physician who has provided the interpretive radiology services to these three locations has joined Beverly Radiology Medical Group, the professional radiology group affiliated with RadNet in California.

“The Inland Empire in Southern California is a fast growing area and represents a significant growth opportunity for our company.  We have numerous relationships in this region, and our increased scale in the Victorville community will allow us to better serve the local referring physician community and large medical groups which are growing with the area.  This acquisition is consistent with our strategy of being the largest outpatient player in our operating markets. Geographic concentration and scale allow us to operate more efficiently, contract more effectively with payors and better serve our patients’ needs.” said Dr. Howard Berger, President and Chief Executive Officer of RadNet.

About RadNet, Inc.
RadNet, Inc., is a national market leader providing high-quality, cost-effective diagnostic imaging services through a network of fully owned and operated outpatient imaging centers.  For its fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2007, RadNet and its subsidiaries performed 671,717 diagnostic imaging procedures. RadNet operates in six states, including California, Maryland, New York, Florida, Kansas and Colorado.  RadNet offers the full spectrum of diagnostic imaging exams, including PET/CT, MRI, CT, Nuclear Medicine, Mammography, Ultrasound and X-ray, as well as numerous other procedures.

Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Specifically, statements concerning RadNet’s ability to grow its contract management business, as well as RadNet's financial guidance, its statements regarding cost savings, its statements regarding increased business from new operations, are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Safe Harbor. Forward-looking statements are based on management's current, preliminary expectations and are subject to risks and uncertainties, which may cause RadNet's actual results to differ materially from the statements contained herein. Further information on potential risk factors that could affect RadNet's business and its financial results are detailed in its most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and Forms 10Q, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Undue reliance should not be placed on forward-looking statements, especially guidance on future financial performance, which speaks only as of the date they are made. RadNet undertakes no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements to reflect new information, events or circumstances after the date they were made, or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

RadNet, Inc.
Mark Stolper
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
310-445-2800

Integrated Corporate Relations, Inc.
John Mills
310-954-1105
jmills@icrinc.com

5 September, 2007