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                                                           EXHIBIT 10.29

                            INSIGHT HEALTH SERVICES CORP.
                               1999 STOCK OPTION PLAN
                               STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT


       AGREEMENT is dated as of ____________, 2000 ("Grant Date") between
INSIGHT HEALTH SERVICES CORP., a Delaware corporation ("Company"), and
________________________ ("Optionee").

       The stockholders and the Board of Directors of the Company ("Board")
have adopted the 1999 Stock Option Plan ("Plan") of the Company for the
purpose of advancing the interests of the Company by providing certain
individuals with an opportunity to develop a proprietary interest in the
Company, which will thereby create strong performance incentives for such
individuals to maximize the growth and success of the Company and its
subsidiaries and will encourage such individuals to remain in the employ of
the Company or any of its subsidiaries.

       The Optionee is a full time employee of the Company or its subsidiaries,
and this Agreement is executed pursuant to, and is intended to carry out the
purposes of, the Plan in connection with the grant by the Company of a stock
option to the Optionee.

              NOW, THEREFORE, it is hereby agreed as follows:

       1.     GRANT OF OPTION.  Subject to and upon the terms and conditions set
forth in this Agreement and the Plan, a copy of which is attached hereto, the
Company hereby grants to the Optionee, as of the Grant Date, a stock option
("Option") to purchase up to ________________________ shares ("Option Shares")
of the common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company ("Common Stock")
from time to time during the Option Period (as defined below) at the price of
$_____ per share ("Option Price").

       2.     OPTION PERIOD.  The Option shall be exercisable only during the
Option Period.  Subject to Section 4, upon the termination of the Optionee's
employment, the Option shall terminate three (3) months after the date of such
termination of employment.  In addition, upon the Expiration Date (as defined
below), the Option shall cease to be exercisable and have no further force or
effect whatsoever.

       3.     VESTING AND EARLY TERMINATION.  The Option shall vest and become
exercisable at the rate of ________ each year on the anniversary date of the
Grant Date and until fully vested, so long as continuously during such time
period the Optionee remains an employee of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries.

       If the Optionee's employment terminates prior to the fourth anniversary
date of the Grant Date, then the vested Option Shares shall be fixed at such
time and should the calculation result in a fractional share, it shall be
rounded down to the nearest whole number of shares.

       4.     DEATH OR DISABILITY OF AN OPTIONEE.  If the Optionee's employment
with the Company is terminated as a result of the Optionee's death or "permanent
or total disability" (within the meaning of Section 22(e) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended) then the executors or administrators of the
Optionee's estate or the Optionee's heirs or legatees (as the case may be)
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have the right to exercise the Option only with respect to Option Shares
theretofor vested, unless earlier terminated in accordance with its terms.  In
the event of such termination, the period for exercising the Option shall be a
period of twelve (12) months commencing with the date of such termination of
employment, provided that in no event shall the Option be exercisable at any
time after the Expiration Date.

       5.     TIMING AND METHOD OF EXERCISE.  In order to exercise the Option
with respect to all or any part of the Option Shares for which the Option is at
the time exercisable, the Optionee (or in the case of exercise after the
Optionee's death, the Optionee's executor, administrator, heir or legatee, as
the case may be) must comply with the provisions of Section 9 of the Plan.  A
form of exercise notice is attached hereto as Exhibit A.

       6.     SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS.  The provisions of this Agreement shall
inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the successors, administrators,
heirs, devisees, legal representatives and permitted assigns of the Optionee and
the successors and assigns of the Company.

       7.     LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY.  The inability of the Company, despite
its best efforts, to obtain approval from any regulatory body having authority
deemed by the Company to be necessary to the lawful issuance and sale of any
Common Stock pursuant to the Option shall relieve the Company of any liability
in respect of the non-issuance or sale of the Common Stock as to which such
approval shall not have been obtained.

       8.     CONSTRUCTION.  This Agreement and the Option evidenced hereby are
made and granted pursuant to the Plan and are in all respects limited by and
subject to the express terms and provisions of the Plan.

       9.     GOVERNING LAW.  The interpretation, performance and enforcement of
this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the state of Delaware.

       10.    WARRANTIES AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE OPTIONEE.

              (a)    The Optionee represents, warrants and agrees that the
Optionee will acquire and hold the Option Shares for the Optionee's own account
for investment and not with the view to the resale or distribution thereof,
except for resales or distributions in accordance with federal and state
securities laws, and that the Optionee will not, at any time or times, directly
or indirectly, offer, sell, distribute, pledge or otherwise grant a security
interest in or otherwise dispose of or transfer all, any portion of or any
interest in, any Option Shares (or solicit an offer to buy, take in pledge or
otherwise acquire or receive, all or any portion thereof), except pursuant to
either (i) a Registration Statement on an appropriate form under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended ("1933 Act"), which Registration Statement has become
effective and is current with respect to the shares being offered or sold, or
(ii) a specific exemption from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act,
the availability of which exemption shall be the subject matter of an opinion of
counsel reasonably acceptable to the Company that no registration under the 1933
Act is required with respect to such offer, sale, distribution, pledge, grant or
other disposition or transfer.

              (b)    The Optionee acknowledges that the Optionee understands
that (i) the Option has been granted and the shares to be sold to the Optionee
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the Optionee pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements in
the 1933 Act until such time as the Company shall file a Registration
Statement under the 1933 Act which has become effective and is current with
respect to the shares being offered or sold and in this connection the
Company is relying in part on the representations set forth in this
Agreement; (ii) such shares must be held indefinitely unless they are
registered or an exemption from registration becomes available under the 1933
Act and the securities laws of any state; (iii) the Company is under no
obligation to register such shares or to comply with any exemption from such
registration, including those portions of Rule 144 under the 1933 Act to be
complied with by the Company; (iv) if Rule 144 is available for sales of such
shares, and there is no assurance that the Optionee will ever be able to sell
under Rule 144, such sales in reliance upon Rule 144 may be made only after
the shares have been held for the requisite holding period and then only in
limited amounts in accordance with the conditions of that Rule, all of which
must be met; and (v) the Optionee must, therefore, continue to bear the
economic risks of the investment in such shares for an indefinite period of
time after the exercise of the Option.

              (c)    The Optionee acknowledges that the Optionee has had the
opportunity to ask questions of, and receive answers from, the officers and
representatives of the Company concerning all material information concerning
the Company and the terms and conditions of the transactions in which the
Optionee is acquiring the Option and may subsequently acquire Option Shares.
The Optionee further acknowledges that the Optionee understands that the Company
may use the proceeds from the exercise of the Option for general corporate
purposes.

              (d)    Immediately prior to the exercise of all or any portion of
the Option, the Optionee shall deliver to the Company a signed statement, in a
form satisfactory to the Company, confirming that each of the representations,
warranties, acknowledgments and agreements contained in this Section is true as
to the Optionee as of the date of such exercise.

              (e)    The Optionee understands that all certificates representing
shares transferred pursuant to this Agreement, unless made pursuant to an
appropriate Registration Statement under the 1933 Act, will bear the following
restrictive legend:

              "The shares represented by this certificate have not been
       registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may
       not be transferred or hypothecated without prior registration
       under said Act or an exemption therefrom established to the
       satisfaction of the issuer."

              (f)    If the legal counsel of the Company, at the request of the
Company, advises it that registration under the 1933 Act of the shares
deliverable upon the exercise of the Option is required prior to delivery
thereof, or that listing of such shares on any exchange is required prior to
delivery thereof, the Company shall not be required to issue or deliver such
shares unless and until such legal counsel shall advise that such registration
and/or listing has been completed and is then effective, or is not required.

       11.    SEVERABILITY.  In the event that any provision of this Agreement
is found to be invalid or otherwise unenforceable under any applicable law, such
invalidity or unenforceability shall not be construed as rendering any other
provisions contained herein invalid or unenforceable, and all such other
provisions shall be given full force and effect to the same extent as though the
invalid and unenforceable provision was not contained herein.


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       12.    DEFINITIONS.  Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall
have the meanings ascribed to them in the Plan.  For purposes of interpreting
this Agreement, the following definitions shall also apply:

              (a)    "Exercise Date" means the date on which the Company
receives written notice of the exercise of the Option together with payment of
the Option Price for the purchased Option Shares.

              (b)    "Exercise Price" means the Option Price multiplied by the
number of purchased Option Shares.

              (c)    "Expiration Date" means, unless earlier terminated pursuant
to the terms of this Agreement or the Plan, the day immediately preceding the
tenth anniversary of the Grant Date.

              (d)    "Option Period" means the period commencing on the Grant
Date and, unless earlier terminated in accordance with Section 3 or 4, ending on
the close of business on the Expiration Date.

       IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Agreement to be executed
in duplicate on its behalf and the Optionee has also executed this Agreement in
duplicate, all as of the date first above written.


                                          INSIGHT HEALTH SERVICES CORP.

                                          By:
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                                             Leonard H. Habas
                                             Chairman, Compensation Committee

                                          OPTIONEE

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