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                                                                    Exhibit 23.1

                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

We hereby consent to the use in this Registration Statement on Form S-4 of
MedQuest, Inc. of our report dated June 7, 2002, except for the information in
note 18 for which the date is August 8, 2002, relating to the financial
statements of MQ Associates, Inc. and Subsidiaries, which appears in such
Registration Statement. We also consent to the references to us under the
headings "Experts" and "Selected Financial Data" in such Registration Statement.

/s/ PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP

Atlanta, Georgia
November 22, 2002