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                                                                EXHIBIT 10.5

                             ALLIANCE IMAGING, INC.

                      DIRECTORS' DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

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                             ALLIANCE IMAGING, INC.

                      DIRECTORS' DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

                               TABLE OF CONTENTS

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ARTICLE I   DEFINITIONS........................................................1

ARTICLE II  ELECTION TO DEFER..................................................2

ARTICLE III DEFERRED COMPENSATION ACCOUNTS.....................................3

ARTICLE IV  PAYMENT OF DEFERRED COMPENSATION...................................4

ARTICLE V   ADMINISTRATION.....................................................4

ARTICLE VI  AMENDMENT OF PLAN..................................................5

APPENDIX A  ...................................................................6

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                                    ARTICLE I

                                   DEFINITIONS

1.1   "Affiliate" shall mean, with respect to the KKR Partnership, or the
      Company any entity directly or indirectly controlling,     controlled
      by, or under common control with the KKR Partnership or the Company.

1.2   "Board" shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company.

1.3   "Book Value" shall mean the "Book Value Per Share" as defined in the
      Stockholder's Agreement.

1.4   "Cash Account" shall mean the account created by the Company pursuant
      to Article III of this Plan in accordance with an election by a
      Director to receive deferred cash compensation under Article II hereof.

1.5   "Change of Control" means (a) (i) sales of all or substantially all of
      the assets of the Company to a Person who is not an Affiliate of the
      KKR Partnership, (ii) a sale by the KKR Partnership or any of its
      respective Affiliates resulting in more than 50% of the voting stock of
      the Company being held by a Person or group that is not an Affiliate of
      the KKR Partnership, or any of their respective Affiliates or (iii) a
      merger or consolidation of the Company into another Person which is not
      an Affiliate of the KKR Partnership; (b) if and only if any such event
      results in the inability of the KKR Partnership or any of its
      Affiliates to elect a majority of the Board of Directors of the Company
      (or the resulting entity).

1.6   "Common Stock" shall mean the common stock of the Company, par value $.01.

1.7   "Company" means Alliance Imaging, Inc..

1.8   "Director" shall mean a member of the Board who is not an employee of
      the Company or any of its subsidiaries.

1.9   "Fees" shall mean amounts earned for serving as a member of the Board,
      including any committees of the Board.

1.10  "KKR Partnership" shall mean the KKR 1996 Fund L.P., an affiliate of
      Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P.

1.11  "Person" shall mean an individual, partnership, corporation, business
      trust, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association, joint
      venture, governmental authority or other entity of whatever nature.

1.12  "Phantom Share" shall mean a notional amount credited to the Stock
      Account of a Director, which is equivalent to the value of one share of
      Common Stock, determined in accordance with the terms of this Plan.

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1.13  "Plan" shall mean this Directors' Deferred Compensation Plan as it may
      be amended from time to time.

1.14  "Stock Account" shall mean the account created by the Company pursuant
      to Article III of this Plan in accordance with an election by a
      Director to receive stock-based compensation under Article II hereof.

1.15  "Stockholder's Agreement" shall mean the form of the agreements entered
      into as of November 2, 1999 by and between the Company, Viewer Holdings
      LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and certain members of the
      management of the Company.

1.16  "Stock Value" shall mean, per share, for any given day, (i) if the
      Common Stock of the Company is not publicly traded, the "Initial Price
      Per Share" as defined in the Stockholder's Agreement plus any (positive
      or negative) change in the Book Value from the date the KKR Partnership
      made its initial investment in Common Stock through the day in
      question, and (ii) if the Common Stock of the Company is publicly
      traded, the closing price of the Company's Common Stock as reported on
      the exchange upon which such Common Stock is listed on such day or, if
      the closing price is not available for the Common Stock on a date in
      question, then the next preceding practicable date for which such
      closing price is available.

1.17  "Year" shall mean calendar year.

                                   ARTICLE II

                                ELECTION TO DEFER

2.1   A Director may elect, on or before December 31 of any Year, to defer
      payment of all or a specified part of all Fees earned during the Year
      following such election and in any succeeding Years (until the Director
      ceases to be a Director); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that with respect to Year
      2000 a Director may elect, within thirty (30) days after adoption of
      this Plan, to defer all or a specified part of all Fees payable on or
      after the date of adoption of this Plan. Any person who shall become a
      Director during any Year, and who was not a Director of the Company on
      the preceding December 31, may elect, no later than seven (7) days
      after the Director's term begins, to defer payment of all or a
      specified part of such Fees payable during the remainder of such Year
      and for any succeeding Years. Any Fees deferred pursuant to this
      Paragraph shall be paid to the Director at the time(s) and in the
      manner specified in Article IV hereof, as designated by the Director.

2.2   The election to participate in the Plan and manner of payment shall be
      designated by submitting a letter in the form attached hereto as
      Appendix A to the Secretary of the Company.

2.3   The election shall continue from Year to Year unless the Director
      terminates it by written request delivered to the Secretary of the
      Company prior to the commencement of the Year for which the termination
      is first effective.

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                                   ARTICLE III

                         DEFERRED COMPENSATION ACCOUNTS

3.1   The Company shall maintain separate memorandum accounts for the Fees
      deferred by each Director.

3.2   The Company shall credit, on the date Fees would otherwise become
      payable, to the Cash Account of each Director the deferred portion of
      any Fees due the Director as to which an election to defer such Fees
      into the Cash Account has been made.

3.3   On the first day of each quarter, the Company shall credit the Cash
      Account of each Director with interest calculated on the basis of the
      balance in such account on the first day of each month of the preceding
      quarter at a rate equal to the three month $US LIBOR rate plus 225
      basis points as in effect from time to time.

3.4   The Company shall credit, on the date Fees would otherwise become
      payable, the Stock Account of each Director with the number of Phantom
      Shares that is equal to the quotient of (a) the deferred portion of any
      Fees due to the Director as to which an election to defer such Fees
      into the Stock Account has been made, DIVIDED by (b) the Stock Value.
      For purposes of this Section 3.4, the Stock Value shall be determined
      on the date Fees would otherwise have been paid.

3.5   The Company shall credit, on the date that any dividends are paid with
      respect to Common Stock, the Stock Account of each Director who has
      elected to defer Fees with the number of Phantom Shares that is equal
      to the quotient of (a) the cash dividends payable on the number of
      shares of Common Stock represented in each Director's Stock Account,
      DIVIDED by (b) the Stock Value on such dividend payment date. If
      adjustments are made to the outstanding shares of Common Stock as a
      result of split-ups, recapitalizations, mergers, consolidations and
      other business combinations, an appropriate adjustment also will be
      made in the number of Phantom Shares credited to the Director's Stock
      Account.

3.6   For purposes of this Plan, the value of each Phantom Share shall be
      computed to three decimal places.

3.7   Fees deferred in the form of cash (and the interest payable thereon)
      shall be held in the general assets of the Company and no separate fund
      or trust shall be created or moneys set aside on account of the Cash
      Account. Further, the Company shall not be required to acquire,
      reserve, segregate, or otherwise set aside shares of its Common Stock
      for the payment of its obligations, if any, with respect to the Stock
      Account, but shall make available as and when required a sufficient
      number of shares of its Common Stock to meet the needs of the Plan.

3.8   Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to create a trust of any kind
      or any fiduciary relationship. To the extent that any person acquires a
      right to receive payments from the Company under the Plan, such right
      shall be no greater than the right of any unsecured general creditor of
      the Company.

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3.9   The right to receive Common Stock at a later date shall not entitle any
      person to rights of a stockholder with respect to such Common Stock
      unless and until shares of Common Stock have been issued to such person
      pursuant to Article IV hereof.

                                   ARTICLE IV

                        PAYMENT OF DEFERRED COMPENSATION

4.1   Amounts contained in a Director's Cash Account and/or Stock Account
      shall be distributed as the Director's election (made pursuant to
      Section 2.2) shall provide. Amounts credited to a Director's Stock
      Account shall be paid, as the Director's election shall provide, in
      shares of Common Stock or in cash (in an amount equal to the product of
      (a) the number of full Phantom Shares reflected as being held in the
      Director's Stock Account and (b) the then Stock Value) to the Director
      upon distribution. If paid in Common Stock, a cash payment shall be
      made in respect of any fractional shares of Common Stock, with such
      cash payment being valued using the Stock Value on the date of
      settlement of the Director's Cash and Stock Accounts. Any share of
      Common Stock issued to a Director shall contain such restrictive
      legends limiting the transferability of such shares as the Company's
      counsel shall advise.

4.2   Each Director shall have the right to designate a beneficiary who is to
      succeed to his or her right to receive payments hereunder in the event
      of death. Any designated beneficiary shall receive payments in the same
      manner as the Director if he or she had lived. In case of a failure of
      designation or the death of a designated beneficiary without a
      designated successor, the balance of the amounts contained in the
      Director's Cash Account and/or Stock Account shall be paid, in
      accordance with Section 4.1, to the Director's or former Director's
      estate in full on the first day of the Year following the Year in which
      he or she dies. No designation of beneficiary or change in beneficiary
      shall be valid unless it is in writing signed by the Director and filed
      with the Secretary of the Company.

4.3   Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event of a Change of Control, a
      Director shall become entitled to a full distribution of the Director's
      Cash Account and/or Stock Account, payable in a lump sum within 30 days
      following the Change in Control. In such event, with respect to the
      Director's Stock Account, the "Stock Value" shall mean the price per
      share paid in cash to, or the value of any consideration received by,
      each holder of the Common Stock in the transaction resulting in the
      Change of Control.

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                                 ADMINISTRATION

5.1   The Company shall administer the Plan at its expense. All decisions
      made by the Company with respect to issues hereunder shall be final and
      binding on all parties.

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5.2   Except to the extent required by law, the right of any Director or any
      beneficiary to any benefit or to any payment hereunder shall not be
      subject in any manner to attachment or other legal process for the
      debts of such Director or beneficiary, and any such benefit or payment
      shall not be subject to alienation, sale, transfer, assignment or
      encumbrance.

                                   ARTICLE VI

                                AMENDMENT OF PLAN

6.1   The Plan may be amended, suspended or terminated in whole or in part
      from time to time by the Board except that no amendment, suspension, or
      termination shall apply to the payment to any Director or beneficiary
      of a deceased Director of any amounts previously credited to a
      Director's Cash Account and/or Stock Account.

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                                   APPENDIX A

                                                       Date ____________________

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Corporate Secretary
Alliance Imaging, Inc.
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Dear Mr. ________________:

     Pursuant to the Alliance Imaging, Inc. Directors' Deferred Compensation
Plan, as amended to date (the "Plan"), I hereby elect to defer receipt of all or
a portion of the amounts I earn for serving as a member of the Board, including
any committees of the Board ("Fees") payable on or after [April __, 2000] and
for succeeding calendar years commencing January 1, 2001 in accordance with the
percentages indicated below.

     I elect to have my Fees credited as follows (fill in appropriate
percentages for options a, b and c, below:

     (a) ________% of the aggregate Fees shall be credited to my Cash Account as
defined in the Plan;

     (b) ________% of the aggregate Fees shall be credited to my Stock Account
as defined in the Plan;

     (c) ________% of the aggregate Fees shall not be deferred, but shall be
paid to me directly as they accrue.

     Further, I elect to receive the payments pursuant to the Plan (check method
desired, below):

     _______ in one lump sum

     _______ in ______ equal annual installments

     In addition, I elect to receive the payments of the balance credited to my
Stock Account (check method desired, below) in the form of:

     _______ cash

     _______ stock.

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     Lastly, I elect that my Cash Account and/or Stock Account shall become
payable [CHOOSE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING A. on the first day of January or as soon
thereafter as is practicable following my retirement or separation from the
Board, OR B. [insert any other payment schedule] and in any event in a lump sum
payment within 30 days after the occurrence of a Change in Control (as defined
in the Plan).

     In the event of my death prior to receipt of all or any balance of such
fees and interest or dividends thereon so accumulated, I designate
_________________________ as my beneficiary to receive the funds so accumulated.

                                                          Very truly yours,

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                             AMENDED AND RESTATED
                             EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

     THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (the "Agreement") is made
as of June 6, 1994 between Alliance Imaging, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(the "Company"), and the executive employee identified on the signature page
hereto (the "Executive") with reference to the following:

     A.  The Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company
has determined that the execution of employment agreements (without finite
term) with certain of the Company's key executives, including Executive that
provide, among other things, for severance compensation benefits under the
circumstances described herein, will assist the Company in attracting and
retaining highly qualified individuals to serve as executive employees of the
Company.

     B.  Executive desires to continue to provide executive services to the
Company based in part on the agreements of the Company provided in this
Agreement.

     NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:

     1.  DEFINITIONS. For all purposes of this Agreement, the following terms
shall have the meanings set forth below:

         1.1   "CHANGE OF CONTROL" means the occurrence of any of the
following events:

               (i)   directly or indirectly, a transfer, sale, lease or other
disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its
subsidiaries taken as a whole to any "person" or "group" (as such terms are
used under Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended (the "Exchange Act"), whether or not applicable), excluding any
disposition to or among the Company and/or one or more of its subsidiaries;

               (ii)  any "person" or "group" (as such terms are used under
Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act, whether or not applicable) is
or becomes, whether by means of any issuance or direct or indirect transfer
of securities, merger, consolidation, liquidation, dissolution or otherwise,
the "beneficial owner" (as that term is used under Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5
under the Exchange Act, whether or not applicable, except that a "person" or
"group" shall be deemed to have "beneficial ownership" of all shares that he
or it has the right to acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately
or only after the passage of time or otherwise), directly or indirectly
through one or more intermediaries, of 35% or more of the total voting power
represented by all of the voting stock of the Company; or

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               (iii) any "person" or "group" (as such terms are used under
Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act, whether or not applicable)
otherwise obtains the right or power (through any arrangement, contract,
proxy or other means) to elect or designate a majority of the members of the
Board of Directors then in office, without regard to whether such right or
power is exercised or invoked and without taking into account the necessity
of a special or annual shareholders meeting or the taking of other procedural
actions to exercise or invoke such right or power.

         1.2   "CONSTRUCTIVE DISCHARGE" means that Executive elects to
terminate his employment with the Company within 60 days after the occurrence
of any of the following events:

               (i)   the Company reduces by 10% or more Executive's base
salary and/or incentive compensation target from the higher of that in effect
on the date hereof or immediately prior to such change; or changes the
incentive compensation plan as in effect on the date hereof such that, in the
Executive's reasonable determination, it is significantly more difficult for
the Executive to achieve the incentive compensation target;

               (ii)  the Company, without Executive's consent, materially
reduces Executive's job authority or responsibility from his authority from
that in effect immediately prior to such change;

               (iii) the Company, without Executive's consent, materially
increases, in terms of scope or quantity or required work time, Executive's
job authority or responsibility from that in effect immediately prior to such
change;

               (iv)  the Company requires Executive to change the location of
his principal office such that Executive will be required to travel more than
20 miles further than Executive is currently traveling to his principal
offices immediately prior to such change;

               (v)   the Company materially increases the amount of travel
necessitated for Executive to discharge his job authority and responsibility
from the amount of travel historically engaged in by Executive prior to such
change (or, in the case of newly hired employees, the initial six month
period following commencement of employment); or

               (vi)  the Company otherwise subjects Executive to abusive,
critical or adversarial conditions such that there is a material worsening of
the general quality of Executive's job conditions immediately prior to such
change.

         1.3   "JUST CAUSE" means that any of the following has occurred with
respect to Executive:

               (i)   Executive has committed a felony (other than a motor
vehicle moving violation);

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           (ii) Executive has stolen funds or property from the Company or
otherwise engaged in fraudulent conduct against the Company;

          (iii) Executive has engaged in knowing and willful misconduct, or
has been reckless or grossly negligent, in his performance of duties owed to
the Company; or

           (iv) Executive has deliberately failed or refused to comply with a
direction of the Board of Directors of the Company that is reasonably
consistent with Executive's current executive employee title, the failure
with which to comply could have a material adverse effect on the Company and
its subsidiaries taken as a whole;

PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, for any termination of Executive's employment by
the Company for any action or omission described in clause (iii) or (iv)
above to constitute a "Just Cause" dismissal, the Company must have
provided Executive with at least 30 days' prior written notice specifying the
actions or omissions constituting such "Just Cause" and an opportunity to
cure such defects in his performance during such 30-day period.

    2.   EMPLOYMENT AND COMPENSATION.

    2.1  TERM; POSITION. The Company hereby employs Executive as its Senior
Vice President Customer Support, and Executive shall have such powers and
duties as may be reasonably consistent with the title and that are reasonably
consistent with the powers and duties held and discharged by Executive prior
to the date hereof, in addition to such other powers and duties as may be
prescribed by the Board of Directors of the Company or the Bylaws of the
Company from time to time. The term of Executive's employment shall continue
until such time as the Company gives Executive written notice of its election
to terminate Executive's employment for any reason, or for no reason; and, in
the event of such written notice, Executive's employment shall terminate on
the date specified in such written notice, if any, or on the date of the
giving of such written notice if no effective date of termination is
specified. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, if Executive
voluntarily terminates his employment with the Company, he shall not be
entitled to any of the Severance Benefits provided for in Section 3.

    2.2  EXECUTIVE'S DUTIES.  Executive hereby accepts said employment and
agrees to devote his entire working time and attention and best talents and
abilities exclusively to the services of the Company as the Board may direct
during the term hereof; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that Executive may engage in and
devote time to other non-competitive activities to the extent that such time
spent is immaterial and does not interfere with Executive's obligations
hereunder.

     2.3  REPORTING. During the term hereof, Executive shall report to the
Executive Vice President of the Company.

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     2.4  COMPENSATION.  For his services to the Company pursuant to this
Agreement, Executive shall continue to receive his salary as currently in
effect and shall continue to be entitled to participate in all incentive
compensation plan and other employee benefit plans and programs at levels and
pursuant to such terms as are substantially consistent with the levels and
terms of his current participation in such plans and programs, subject to
periodic review and possible increases as the Board of Directors or the
Compensation Committee thereof may deem appropriate.

     3.   SEVERANCE COMPENSATION.

     3.1  TERMINATION NOT IN CONNECTION WITH A CHANGE OF CONTROL.  In the
event (a) that the Company terminates Executive's employment without Just
Cause (excluding termination due to death or permanent disability (as defined
in Section 22(e) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended)), or (b)
of a Constructive Discharge (any termination described in clause (a) or (b)
being referred to as a "Severance"), unless such Severance occurs within one
(1) year prior to or following a Change of Control (in which event Section
3.2 below shall govern), then Executive shall be entitled to the following
(collectively, the "Severance Benefits"):

          (i) a cash amount equal to six (6) months of salary at the rate of
salary in effect immediately prior to the Severance (or, in the case of a
Constructive Discharge pursuant to clause (i) of the definition thereof,
immediately prior to the reduction in base salary described therein);

          (ii) a cash amount equal to the arithmetic average of Executive's
incentive compensation earned with respect to the three fiscal years
immediately preceding Executive's Severance (or such shorter period that
Executive was employed by the Company prior to Severance and annualized for
partial years); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such amount shall not be less than
one-half (1/2) of Executive's annual incentive compensation target with
respect to the fiscal year in which Severance occurs;

          (iii) Executive's car allowance and continued participation in all
Company-provided employee benefit plans, including, without limitation, the
Company's health insurance plan and 401(k) plan, for the same number of
months as specified in clause (i) of this Section 3.1 (the foregoing
participation to be in addition to Executive's right to elect continuation
health coverage under the "COBRA" provisions of the Internal Revenue code of
1986, as amended; and

          (iv) immediately prior to the time of Severance, Executive's stock
options granted under the 1991 Stock Option Plan shall become immediately
exercisable as to all of the shares covered thereby and Executive shall be
permitted a period of three (3) months (or such longer period as Executive
may have under the governing stock option agreement) in which to exercise
such options (the Company agreeing to take such steps, promptly following the
execution of this Agreement, as may be necessary to effectuate the intent of
this clause

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(iv), including by executing an amendment to the stock option agreement or
agreements governing Executive's currently outstanding stock options).

           3.2  TERMINATION IN CONNECTION WITH A CHANGE OF CONTROL.  In the
event that (a) a Severance occurs with respect to Executive within one year
prior to a Change of Control or within one year after a Change of Control or
(b) Executive elects, within one year after a Change of Control, for any
reason or for no reason, to terminate Executive's employment with the Company
(such an election to be likewise considered a "Severance" for all purposes of
this Agreement), then the Severance Benefits to which Executive shall be
entitled shall be identical to those provided in Section 3.1 above, except
that the number of months referred to in clauses (i) and (iii) of Section 3.1
shall be twelve (12) instead of the figure used therein.

           3.3  PAYMENT.  The payment of the cash portion of Severance
Benefits shall be made by the Company to Executive in a lump sum within 30
days following Severance. In addition, in the event that Executive initially
receives Severance Benefits under Section 3.1 above and thereafter a Change
of Control occurs within the period indicated in Section 3.2 above, the
Company shall make an additional lump sum payment to Executive pursuant to
Section 3.2 within 30 days following such Change of Control.

        4. DEFRA LIMITATION.  Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to
the contrary, in the event that the provisions of the Deficit Reduction Act
of 1984 ("DEFRA") relating to "excess parachute payments" shall be applicable
to the Severance Benefits or any other payment or benefit received or to be
received by Executive in connection with a termination of the Executive's
employment with the Company, then the total amount of the Severance Benefits
or other payments or benefits payable to Executive which are deemed to
constitute parachute payments shall be reduced to the largest amount such
that that provisions of DEFRA relating to "excess parachute payment" shall no
longer be applicable. Should such a reduction be required, the Executive
shall determine, in the exercise of his sole discretion, which payment or
benefit to reduce or eliminate. In the event of a disagreement between the
Company and Executive as to whether the provisions of DEFRA are applicable or
whether the Severance Benefits or any other payment or benefit constitutes a
"parachute payment", such determination shall be made by an accounting firm
mutually acceptable to Executive and the Company. All costs relating to such
determination shall be borne by the Company. Pending such determination, the
Company shall continue to make all other required payments to Executive at
the time and in the manner provided herein and shall pay the largest portion
of any parachute payments such that the provisions of DEFRA relating to
"excess parachute payments" shall no longer be applicable.

        5.  NO DUTY OF MITIGATION.  The Company acknowledges that it would be
very difficult and generally impracticable to determine the ability of, or
extent to which, Executive could mitigate any lost wages or other damages he
may incur by reason of a Severance or Change of Control or other termination of
employment. The Company has taken this into account in entering into this
Agreement and, accordingly, the Company acknowledges and agrees that
Executive shall have no duty to mitigate any such damages and that Executive

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shall be entitled to receive his entire Severance Benefits regardless of any
income which he may receive from other sources following his Severance.

        6.  WITHHOLDING OF TAXES.  The Company may withhold from any amounts
payable under this Agreement all federal, state, city or other taxes required
to be withheld by the Company.

        7.  OTHER BENEFITS.  This Agreement is in lieu of and replaces, with
respect to Executive, any and all other severance plans or policies of the
Company. However, neither the provisions of this Agreement nor the Severance
Benefits provided for hereunder shall in any way diminish Executive's rights
as an employee of the Company, whether existing now or hereafter, under any
benefit, incentive, retirement, profit sharing, stock option, stock bonus,
stock purchase plan, or any other plan or arrangement not specifically
related to severance, all of which plans and programs, as provided in Section
2.4 hereof, to remain in place with respect to Executive substantially
consistent with Executive's participation therein as of the date hereof. Any
such other amounts or benefits payable shall be included, as necessary, for
making any of the calculations required under Section 4.

        8.  EMPLOYMENT STATUS.  This Agreement does not impose on the Company
any obligation to retain Executive as an employee, to change the status of
Executive's employment as an employee at will, or to change the Company's
policies regarding termination of employment.

        9.  SUCCESSORS TO COMPANY. The Company shall require any successor or
assignee, whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or
otherwise, to all or substantially all the business or assets of the Company,
expressly and unconditionally to assume and agree to perform the Company's
obligations under this Agreement, in the same manner and to the same extent
that the Company would be required to perform if no such succession or
assignment had taken place. In such event, the term "Company", as used in
this Agreement, shall mean the Company as hereinbefore defined and any
successor or assignee to the business or assets which by reason hereof
becomes bound by the terms and provisions of this Agreement.

       10.  ATTORNEY'S FEES.  The Company shall pay all legal fees, costs of
litigation, and other expenses incurred in good faith by Executive as a
result of the Company's refusal to provide the Severance Benefits to which
the Executive becomes entitled under this Agreement, or as a result of the
Company's contesting the validity, enforceability or interpretation of this
Agreement; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if the Company is the prevailing party, it
shall be obligated to pay only its own attorneys' fees and costs, witness
expenses and court costs.

       11.  RELEASE.  In connection with the performance of its obligations
under this Agreement (and conditioned upon its full performance thereof),
the Company may require

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Executive to execute a full release of claims against the Company and its
officers, directors, agents and affiliates covering such matters and in such
form as the Company shall prescribe.

     12.   TABLE OF CONTENTS; HEADINGS. The headings of the Sections of this
Agreement have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not
intended to be considered a part hereof and shall not modify or restrict any
of the terms or provisions hereof.

     13.   GOVERNING LAW.  This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed
in accordance with, the laws of the State of California but without giving
effect to applicable principles of conflicts of law to the extent that the
application of the laws of another jurisdiction would be required thereby.

     14.   CONFIDENTIALITY.  In view of the fact that Executive's work as an
executive of the Company will bring Executive into close contact with many
confidential affairs of the Company, including matters of a business nature,
such as information about customers (including pricing information), costs,
profits, markets, sales strategic plans for future development and any other
information not readily available to the public, Executive hereby agrees:

           14.1  To keep secret all confidential matters of the Company
(including without limitation such matters which the Company notifies
Executive are confidential) learned prior to the date of this Agreement and
in the course of Executive's employment hereunder, and not to disclose them
to anyone outside of the Company, either during or after Executive's
employment with the Company, or both, until such time as the Company gives
its written consent to such disclosure; and

           14.2  To deliver promptly to the Company on termination of
Executive's employment by the Company or at any other time the Company may so
request, all memoranda, notes, records, reports and other documents (and all
copies thereof) relating to the Company's business which Executive may then
possess or have under Executive's control.

           14.3  That as a means reasonably designed to protect certain
confidential information of the Company which would otherwise inherently be
utilized in the following proscribed activities, he will not: (a) for a
period of twelve (12) months following termination of services to the Company
(the date of termination being the "Termination Date"), solicit or make any
other contact with, directly or indirectly, any customer of the Company as of
the Termination Date with respect to the provision of any service to any such
customer that is the same or substantially similar to any service provided to
such customer by the Company on the Termination Date; or (b) for a period of
six months following the Termination Date, solicit or make any other contact
with, directly or indirectly, any employee of the Company on the Termination
Date (or any person who was employed by the Company at any time during the
three-month period prior to the Termination Date) with respect to any
employment, services or other relationship in connection with any service
that is the same or substantially similar to any service provided by the
Company as of the Termination Date.

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           14.4  That violation of this Section 14 would cause the Company
irreparable damage for which the Company cannot be reasonably compensated in
damages in an action at law, and therefore in the event of any breach or
threatened breach by Executive of this Section 14, the Company shall be
entitled to make application to a court of competent jurisdiction for
equitable relief by way of injunction or otherwise (without being required to
post a bond). This provision shall not, however, be construed as a waiver of
any of the rights which the Company may have for damages under this Agreement
or otherwise, and all of the Company's rights and remedies shall be
unrestricted and cumulative.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been executed as of the first day
set forth above.

                            ALLIANCE IMAGING, INC.

                            By:  /s/ Richard N. Zehner
                                ------------------------------------
                                Richard N. Zehner

                            Its: Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer

                            Executive's
                            Signature:  /s/ Terry A. Andrues
                                        ----------------------------
                            Name of
                            Executive:  Terry A. Andrues

                            Title of
                            Executive:  Senior Vice President Customer Support

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