Exhibit 10.13

INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT

THIS INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT(the "Agreement") is made and
entered into this            day of January, 2003, between Fischer Imaging Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and
                        ("Indemnitee").

A.
Indemnitee, as a member of the Company's Board of Directors and/or an officer of the Company, performs valuable services for the Company;

B.
The Company and Indemnitee recognize the continued difficulty in obtaining liability insurance for corporate directors, officers, employees, controlling persons, agents and
fiduciaries, the significant increases in the cost of such insurance and the general reductions in the coverage of such insurance.

C.
The Company and Indemnitee further recognize the substantial increase in corporate litigation in general, subjecting directors, officers, employees, controlling persons, agents and
fiduciaries to expensive litigation risks at the same time as the availability and coverage of liability insurance has been severely limited.

D.
The stockholders of the Company have adopted Bylaws (the "Bylaws") providing for the indemnification of the officers, directors, agents
and employees of the Company to the maximum extent authorized by Section 145 of the Delaware Corporations Code, as amended ("Code").

E.
Indemnitee does not regard the current protection available for the Company's directors, officers, employees, controlling persons, agents and fiduciaries as adequate under the present
circumstances, and Indemnitee and other directors, officers, employees, controlling persons, agents and fiduciaries of the Company may not be willing to serve or continue to serve in such capacities
without additional protection.

F.
The Bylaws and the Code, by their non-exclusive nature, permit contracts between the Company and its directors, officers, employees, controlling persons, agents or
fiduciaries with respect to indemnification of such directors.

G.
The Company (i) desires to attract and retain the involvement of highly qualified individuals, such as Indemnitee, to serve the Company and, in part, in order to induce
Indemnitee to be involved with the Company, and (ii) wishes to provide for the indemnification and advancing of expenses to Indemnitee to the maximum extent permitted by law.

H.
In view of the considerations set forth above, the Company desires that Indemnitee be indemnified by the Company as set forth herein.

NOW,THEREFORE,in consideration of Indemnitee's service to the Company, the parties
hereto agree as follows:

1.Indemnity of Indemnitee.The Company hereby agrees to indemnify Indemnitee
to the fullest extent permitted by law, even if such indemnification is not specifically authorized by the other provisions of this Agreement, the Company's Certificate of Incorporation (the
"Certificate"), the Company's Bylaws or by statute. In the event of any change after the date of this Agreement in any applicable law, statute or rule
which expands the right of a Delaware corporation to indemnify a member of its Board of Directors or an officer, employee, controlling person, agent or fiduciary, it is the intent of the parties
hereto that Indemnitee shall enjoy by this Agreement the greater benefits afforded by such change. In the event of any change in any applicable law, statute or rule which narrows the right of a
Delaware corporation to indemnify a member of its Board of Directors or an officer, employee, agent or fiduciary, such change, to the extent not otherwise required by such law, statute or rule to be
applied to this Agreement, shall have no effect on this Agreement or the parties' rights and obligations hereunder except as set forth in Section 9(a) hereof.

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2.Additional Indemnity.The Company hereby agrees to hold harmless and
indemnify the Indemnitee:



3.Indemnification Rights.



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4.Expenses; Indemnification Procedure.



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5.Nonexclusivity. The indemnification provided by this Agreement shall be in addition to any rights
to which Indemnitee may be entitled under the Company's Certificate of Incorporation, its Bylaws, any agreement, any vote of stockholders or disinterested directors, the General Corporation Law of the
State of Delaware, or otherwise. The indemnification provided under this Agreement shall continue as to Indemnitee for any action Indemnitee took or did not take while serving in an indemnified
capacity even though Indemnitee may have ceased to serve in such capacity.

6.No Duplication of Payments. The Company shall not be liable under this Agreement to make any
payment in connection with any Claim made against any Indemnitee to the extent Indemnitee has otherwise actually received payment (under any insurance policy, Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaw or
otherwise) of the amounts otherwise indemnifiable hereunder.

7.Partial Indemnification.If any Indemnitee is entitled under any provision
of this Agreement to indemnification by the Company for any portion of Expenses incurred in connection with any Claim, but not, however, for all of the total amount thereof, the Company shall
nevertheless indemnify Indemnitee for the portion of such Expenses to which Indemnitee is entitled.

8.Mutual Acknowledgement. The Company and Indemnitee acknowledge that in certain instances, Federal
law or applicable public policy may prohibit the Company from indemnifying its directors, officers, employees, controlling persons, agents or fiduciaries under this Agreement or otherwise. Each
Indemnitee understands and acknowledges that the Company has undertaken or may be required in the future to undertake with the Securities and Exchange Commission to submit the question of
indemnification to a court in certain circumstances for a determination of the Company's rights under public policy to indemnify Indemnitee.

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9.Exceptions.Any other provision herein to the contrary notwithstanding,
the Company shall not be obligated pursuant to the terms of this Agreement:



10.Period of Limitations. No legal action shall be brought and no cause of action shall be asserted
by or in the right of the Company against any Indemnitee, any Indemnitee's estate, spouse, heirs, executors or personal or legal representatives after the expiration of two years from the date
of occurrence of such cause of action, and any claim or cause of action of the Company shall be extinguished and deemed released unless asserted by the timely filing of a legal action within such
two-year period; provided, however, that if any shorter period of limitations is otherwise applicable to any such cause of action, such shorter period shall govern.

11.Construction of Certain Phrases.



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12.Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall
constitute an original.

13.Binding Effect; Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the
benefit of and be enforceable by the parties hereto and their respective successors, assigns, including any direct or indirect successor by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise to all or
substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company, spouses, heirs, and personal and legal representatives. The Company shall require and cause any successor (whether direct or indirect by
purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all, substantially all, or a substantial part, of the business and/or assets of

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Company, by written agreement in form and substance satisfactory to Indemnitee, expressly to assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company
would be required to perform if no such succession had taken place. This Agreement shall continue in effect with respect to Claims relating to Indemnifiable Events regardless of whether any Indemnitee
continues to serve as a director, officer, employee, agent, controlling person, or fiduciary of the Company or of any other enterprise, including subsidiaries of the Company, at the Company's request.

14.Attorneys' Fees. In the event that any action is instituted by an Indemnitee under this Agreement
or under any liability insurance policies maintained by the Company to enforce or interpret any of the terms hereof or thereof, any Indemnitee shall be entitled to be paid all Expenses incurred by
Indemnitee with respect to such action if Indemnitee is ultimately successful in such action, and shall be entitled to the advancement of Expenses with respect to such action, unless, as a part of
such action, a court of competent jurisdiction over such action determines that the material assertions made by Indemnitee as a basis for such action were not made in good faith or were frivolous. In
the event of an action instituted by or in the name of the Company under this Agreement to enforce or interpret any of the terms of this Agreement, Indemnitee shall be entitled to be paid all Expenses
incurred by Indemnitee in defense of such action (including costs and expenses incurred with respect to Indemnitee counterclaims and cross-claims made in such action), and shall be entitled to the
advancement of Expenses with respect to such action, unless, as a part of such action, a court having jurisdiction over such action determines that the Indemnitee's material defenses to such action
were made in bad faith or were frivolous.

15.Notice. All notices and other communications required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing,
shall be effective when given, and shall in any event be deemed to be given (a) five calendar days after deposit with the U.S. Postal Service or other applicable postal service, if
delivered by first class mail, postage prepaid, (b) upon delivery, if delivered by hand, (c) one business day after the business day of deposit with Federal Express or similar overnight
courier, freight prepaid, or (d) one day after the business day of delivery by facsimile transmission, if deliverable by facsimile transmission, with copy by first class mail, postage prepaid,
and shall be addressed if to Indemnitee, at Indemnitee's address as set forth beneath Indemnitee's signature to this Agreement and if to the Company at the address of its principal corporate offices
(attention: Chief Executive Officer) or at such other address as such party may designate by ten calendar days' advance written notice to the other party hereto.

16.Consent to Jurisdiction. The Company and Indemnitee each hereby irrevocably consent to the
jurisdiction of the courts of the State of Delaware for all purposes in connection with any action or proceeding which arises out of or relates to this Agreement and agree that any action instituted
under this Agreement shall be commenced, prosecuted and continued only in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware in and for New Castle County, which shall be the exclusive and only proper
forum for adjudicating such a claim.

17.Severability.The provisions of this Agreement shall be severable in the
event that any of the provisions hereof (including any provision within a single section, paragraph or sentence) are held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void or otherwise
unenforceable, and the remaining provisions shall remain enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law. Furthermore, to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of this Agreement (including,
without limitations, each portion of this Agreement containing any provision held to be invalid, void or otherwise unenforceable, that is not itself invalid, void or unenforceable) shall be construed
so as to give effect to the intent manifested by the provision held invalid, illegal or unenforceable.

18.Choice of Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and its provisions construed and enforced in
accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, as applied to contracts between Delaware

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residents,
entered into and to be performed entirely within the State of Delaware, without regard to the conflict of laws principles thereof.

19.Subrogation. In the event of payment under this Agreement, the Company shall be subrogated to the
extent of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of Indemnitee who shall execute all documents required and shall do all acts that may be necessary to secure such rights and to enable the
Company effectively to bring suit to enforce such rights.

20.Amendment and Termination.No amendment, modification, termination or
cancellation of this Agreement shall be effective unless it is in writing signed by all parties hereto. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed or shall constitute a
waiver of any other provisions hereof (whether or not similar) nor shall such waiver constitute a continuing waiver.

21.Integration and Entire Agreement.This Agreement sets forth the entire
understanding between the parties hereto and supersedes and merges all previous written and oral negotiations, commitments, understandings and agreements relating to the subject matter hereof between
the parties hereto.

22.No Construction as Employment Agreement.Nothing contained in this
Agreement shall be construed as giving the Indemnitee any right to be retained in the employ of the Company or any of its subsidiaries.

23.Corporate Authority.The Board of Directors of the Company has approved
the terms of this Agreement.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF,the parties hereto have executed this Agreement on and as of the day and year first above written.

| |  | COMPANY:                                          
| |  | --------------------------------------------------
| |  | FISCHER IMAGING CORPORATION
a Delaware corporation
| |  | By:                                               

| |  | Address: |  | 
| |  | -------- |  | 

| |  | INDEMNITEE:
| |  | -----------
| |  | Signature: 
| |  | Name:      
| |  | Address:   

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