Exhibit 10.29

AMENDMENT TO  EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT AND STOCKHOLDER'S AGREEMENT

THIS AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT AND STOCKHOLDER'S AGREEMENT (this "Amendment") is made as of
March 29, 2004, with respect to that certain Employment Agreement dated as of January 19, 1998 (the "Employment Agreement"), by and
between Alliance Imaging, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"), and Kenneth S. Ord (the
"Executive"), and with respect to that certain Stockholder's Agreement dated as of November 2, 1999 (the "Stockholder's
Agreement") by and between the Corporation, Viewer Holdings, LLC ("Viewer") and the Executive (the "Stockholder's Agreement,"
and together with the Employment Agreement, the "Agreements").

WHEREAS,
the Employment Agreement provides for the employment of Executive as Chief Financial Officer ("CFO") of the Corporation; and

WHEREAS,
the Executive has retired from his position as CFO of the Corporation effective July 1, 2004 pursuant to the terms of the Employment Agreement as amended hereby; and

WHEREAS,
the Corporation, Viewer and Executive also wish to amend certain provisions of the Stockholder's Agreement.

NOW,
THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Corporation and Executive agree as follows:

1.Definitions.Capitalized terms used in this Amendment but not separately defined herein shall have the
meaning ascribed to them in the Employment Agreement, as amended hereby, and if not defined in the Employment Agreement, such terms shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Stockholder's
Agreement, as amended hereby.

2.Amendment to Employment Agreement.



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3.Amendment to Stockholder's Agreement.



4.Release of Corporation by Executive.



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5.Terms.Any reference to the Agreements in the Agreements, this Amendment, any other amendment to the
Agreements, and any other related document, whether dated prior to or after this Amendment, shall refer to the Agreements as heretofore amended and amended hereby.

6.Merger.Except as expressly amended above, the Agreements shall remain in full force and effect and the
provisions thereof are hereby incorporated by reference.

(Signature page follows)

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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Amendment as of the date first above written.

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| |  | /s/KENNETH S. ORDKENNETH S. ORD                                                                   
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| |  | ALLIANCE IMAGING, INC.                                                                            
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| |  | By:                                                                                                |  | /s/PAUL S. VIVIANO     
| |  |                                                                                                    |  | Name:                   |  | Paul S. Viviano     
| |  |                                                                                                    |  | Title:                  |  | Chairman and CEO    
| |  |                                                                                                    |  |                         |  |                     
| |  |                                                                                                    |  |                         |  |                     
| |  | Agreed and Acknowledged with Respect to the Provision hereof Amending the Stockholder's Agreement:
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| |  | VIEWER HOLDINGS, LLC                                                                              
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| |  |                                                                                                    |  |                         |  |                     
| |  | By:                                                                                                |  | /s/MICHAEL W. MICHELSON
| |  |                                                                                                    |  | Name:                   |  | Michael W. Michelson
| |  |                                                                                                    |  | Title:                  |  | President           

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