EXHIBIT 99
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                            ALLIANCE IMAGING, INC.
                                  NEWS RELEASE

                                        
Alliance Imaging, Inc.                             The Financial Relations Board
Kenneth S. Ord                                Karen Taylor - General Information
Senior Vice President                          Michaelle Burstin - Media Contact
Chief Financial Officer                                           (310) 442-0599
(714) 688-7100
www.allianceimaging.com
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                            ALLIANCE IMAGING REPORTS
                        FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION REQUEST


ANAHEIM, CA (June 1, 1998) - Alliance Imaging, Inc., a leading provider of
hospital-based fixed site and mobile magnetic resonance imaging ("MRI") and
computed tomography ("CT") services, announced that it has received a request
from the Federal Trade Commission for additional information in connection with
its proposed purchase of the medical diagnostic imaging assets of American
Shared Hospital Services.  This transaction was announced on March 12, 1998.

The Company said today that it will respond promptly to the request, and that it
continues to believe that the transaction will close during the third quarter of
1998.

Alliance Imaging, Inc., an affiliate of Apollo Management, L.P., is a leading
provider of comprehensive diagnostic imaging services to hospitals and other
health care providers.  Services are provided on either a mobile, shared-user
basis or on a full-time single-user basis.  For more information about Alliance
Imaging, Inc. via facsimile, call 1-800-PRO-INFO and dial client code "SCAN."



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