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ACUSON CORPORATION                                               EXHIBIT 10.29
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September 11, 1998



Acuson Corporation
1220 Charleston Road
P.O. Box 7393
Mountain View, CA  94039-7393

Attention:   David Farwell, Assistant Treasurer

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Banque Nationale de Paris (BNP) is pleased to advise you that we have approved
the following facility for your use:

Borrower:           Acuson Corporation.

Facility:           Uncommitted line of credit for one or more advances (the
                    "Advance(s)"). Advances will be available for a period of up
                    to 90 days at the sole discretion of BNP and subject to the
                    terms and conditions of this agreement, the Note and the
                    Terms of Advance (each referred to below). The maximum
                    aggregate principal amount available under this Facility at
                    any one time is $10,000,000, and the minimum amount of any
                    one Advance is $100,000. The interest rate (or method of
                    calculation of interest) applicable to each advance will be
                    as agreed upon by Borrower and BNP at the time that such
                    Advance is made. Principal and interest on each Advance will
                    be payable at the times and in the manner agreed upon by
                    Borrower and BNP at the time that such Advance is made.

Request for         Requests for Advances may be addressed to Don Hart or Debra
Advances:           McAdam in writing or by telephone and may be made by any of
                    your Designated Officers (as that term is used in the
                    Borrowing Certificate referred to below).

Terms of            For each Advance made under this agreement, BNP will
Advance:            maintain a record of the terms and conditions of such
                    Advance (the "Terms of Advance"). BNP's records of such
                    terms and conditions shall be binding upon Borrower absent
                    manifest error. BNP will make a copy of the Terms of Advance
                    available to Borrower.

Documentation:      Prior to the funding of the first Advance to be made
                    hereunder, Borrower will deliver to BNP: (a) this agreement,
                    (b) a Borrowing Certificate, and (c) a Promissory Note (the
                    "Note"), each fully executed and in a form acceptable to
                    BNP. Forms of Borrowing Certificate and Note are attached.

Representations:    Borrower represents and warrants that (a) this agreement
                    and, when executed and delivered to us, the note (including
                    any substitute or additional Note), has been duly
                    authorized, executed and delivered by Borrower and
                    constitutes legally binding and enforceable obligations of
                    Borrower in accordance with its respective terms, and (b)
                    all financial information which Borrower has submitted or
                    will submit to BNP in connection with this agreement or any
                    request for an advance is (or will be at the time submitted)
                    true and complete, fairly presents the financial condition
                    of Borrower as of the date indicated, and has been prepared
                    in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
                    Upon the making of each request for an advance under this
                    Facility and upon receipt of each such
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                Advance, Borrower will be deemed to have restated and
                reaffirmed, as of the date of each such request and receipt,
                each representation and warranty made above.

Notices:        All notices required or permitted by this agreement or any Note
                shall be made by telephone or in writing (but if by telephone,
                shall promptly be confirmed in writing) and addressed to
                Borrower at: 1220 Charleston Road, P.O. Box 7393, Mountain View,
                CA  94039-7393; telephone number: (650) 694-5415; telefax
                number: (650) 967-4791; and to BNP at: 180 Montgomery Street,
                San Francisco, CA 94104; telephone number: (415) 956-2511;
                telefax number: (415) 989-9041; unless either party gives notice
                to the other of a change in address.

Kindly indicate your acceptance of this letter agreement by signing and
returning to us the original of this letter.  The enclosed duplicate is for your
files.  We are delighted to offer this Facility and look forward to continuing
our mutually satisfactory relationship.


                                        Sincerely,

                                  BANQUE NATIONALE DE PARIS





           Kristine Nakano                                Mark McElwain
            Vice President                            Assistant Vice President



ACCEPTED AND AGREED AS OF THIS ____________ DAY OF _______________,1998.

ACUSON CORPORATION



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