SCHEDULE 14A
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                     INFORMATION REQUIRED IN PROXY STATEMENT

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                    MEDICAL IMAGING CENTERS OF AMERICA, INC.
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                  (Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)


                            STEEL PARTNERS COMMITTEE
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                   (Name of Person(s) filing Proxy Statement)


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CONTACTS FOR STEEL PARTNERS:
Daniel Burch (212) 929-5748
Jeanne Carr (212) 929-5916


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

            CALIFORNIA FEDERAL COURT DENIES MEDICAL IMAGING'S APPEAL;
            MOVES FORWARD DATE FOR STEEL PARTNERS' MOTION TO DISMISS

New York,  New York -- February 8, 1996 -- STEEL  PARTNERS  II, L.P., a New York
based investment  partnership,  announced today that a federal district court in
San Diego,  California  had denied  the  appeal of  Medical  Imaging  Centers of
America,  Inc. ("NASDAQ;  MIGA") from an earlier order denying Medical Imaging's
application  for  expedited  discovery in a contest for corporate  control.  The
ruling by Judge Brewster of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of
California  affirmed a Magistrate  Judge's  earlier finding that Medical Imaging
had  been  unable  to show  that it would be  "unduly  prejudiced"  by a stay of
discovery.

Steel  Partners also  announced that the District Court moved up to February 14,
1996,  the date for its  hearing on Steel  Partners'  motion to dismiss  Medical
Imaging's  original law suit.  The Court also scheduled a hearing on a motion by
Medical Imaging for a preliminary injunction,  if the case is not dismissed, for
February 23, 1996.

David Bamberger of Olshan  Grundman Frome & Rosenzweig LLP,  attorneys for Steel
Partners  stated,  "We  are  pleased  that  Judge  Brewster  interpreted  recent
amendments to the federal securities law as we believe Congress intended."

Steel  Partners is soliciting  proxies from Medical  Imaging's  stockholders  to
replace the present Board of Directors.

The Steel  Partners  Committee is made up of Steel  Partners and Steel  Partners
Services,  Ltd. The members of the Committee hold 527,682  shares,  or 19.9%, of
Medical  Imaging's  common stock.  The Committee's  nominees for election to the
board of directors of Medical Imaging are Warren Lichtenstein,  Lawrence Butler,
Jack L. Howard, David C. Flaugh and Steven Wolosky.

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