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  filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 14, 2005
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER<BR>
  THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>ANALOGIC CORPORATION</B>
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</DIV>
  
  
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      <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Massachusetts</B>
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      <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>04-2454372</B></TD>
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      <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation<BR>
  or Organization)
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      <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>8 Centennial Drive<BR>
  Peabody, Massachusetts</B>
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      <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>01960</B></TD>
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      <TD align="center" valign="top">(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>Key Employee Incentive Stock Option Plan dated June&nbsp;11, 1998</B>
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Full Title of the Plan)</DIV>
  
  
  
  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>Alex A. Van Adzin<BR>
  Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary<BR>
  Analogic Corporation<BR>
  8 Centennial Drive<BR>
  Peabody, Massachusetts 01960</B><BR>
  (Name and Address of Agent For Service)<BR>
  <B>(978)&nbsp;977-3000</B><BR>
  (Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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                      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, $0.05
  par value per share</DIV></TD>
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      <TD colspan="3" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">827,053 shares</TD>
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  <TD colspan="3" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$50.76(2)</TD>
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  <TD colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$41,981,210.28</TD>
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      <TD>In accordance with Rule&nbsp;416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration
  statement shall be deemed to cover any additional securities that may from time to time be
  offered or issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar
  transactions.</TD>
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      <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rules 457(c)
  and 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and based upon the average of the high
  and low prices of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock as reported on The NASDAQ National Market on
  October&nbsp;12, 2005.</TD>
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  <TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000"> PART I INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#001"> Item&nbsp;1. Plan Information</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002"> Item&nbsp;2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#003"> PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#004">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#005"> Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006"> Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#007"> Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#008"> Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#009"> Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#010"> Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#011"> SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#012"> INDEX TO EXHIBITS</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="b57200acexv5w1.htm">Ex-5.1 Opinion of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr LLP</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="b57200acexv23w2.htm">Ex-23.2 Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP</A></TD></TR>
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  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Item&nbsp;1. Plan Information.</B>
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  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The information required by Item&nbsp;1 is included in documents sent or given to participants in
  the plan covered by this registration statement pursuant to Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) of the Securities Act of
  1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;).
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  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The written statement required by Item&nbsp;2 is included in documents sent or given to
  participants in the plan covered by this registration statement pursuant to Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) of the
  Securities Act.
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  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B>
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  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant is subject to the informational and reporting requirements of Sections&nbsp;13(a),
  14, and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), and in
  accordance therewith files reports, proxy statements and other information with the Securities and
  Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;). The following documents, which are on file with the
  Commission, are incorporated in this registration statement by reference:
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  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s latest annual report filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
  Exchange Act or the latest prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act that
  contains audited financial statements for the Registrant&#146;s latest fiscal year for which such
  statements have been filed.
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  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the
  end of the fiscal year covered by the document referred to in (a)&nbsp;above.
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  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;The description of the securities contained in the Registrant&#146;s registration statement on
  Form 8-A filed on December&nbsp;11, 1972 under the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report filed
  for the purpose of updating such description.
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  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and
  15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that
  all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining
  unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement and to be
  part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document
  incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or
  superseded for the purposes of this registration statement to the extent that a statement contained
  herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by
  reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded
  shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this registration
  statement.
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  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</B>
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  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B>
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  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP has opined as to the legality of the securities
  being offered by this registration statement.
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  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B>
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  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;2.02(b)(4) of Chapter&nbsp;156D of the Massachusetts General Laws allows a corporation to
  eliminate or limit the personal liability of a director of a corporation to the corporation or its
  stockholders for monetary damages for a breach of fiduciary duty as a director notwithstanding any
  provision of law imposing such liability, except where the director breached his duty of loyalty,
  failed to act in good faith, engaged in intentional misconduct or knowingly violated a law,
  authorized the payment of an improper distribution or obtained an improper personal benefit. The
  Registrant has included such a provision in its articles of organization, as restated and amended
  (the &#147;Articles of Organization&#148;).
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  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;8.51(a) of Chapter&nbsp;156D of the Massachusetts General Laws provides that a corporation
  may indemnify its directors against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees), judgments, fines, and
  amounts paid in settlement reasonably incurred in connection with any litigation or other legal
  proceeding brought against any director by virtue of his position as a director of the Registrant
  unless he is deemed to have not acted in good faith in the reasonable belief that his action was in
  the best interest of the corporation. Section&nbsp;8.52 of Chapter&nbsp;156D of the Massachusetts General
  Laws provides that a corporation must indemnify a director who is wholly successful, on the merits
  or otherwise, in the defense of any proceeding to which the director was a party because he was a
  director of the corporation against reasonable expenses incurred by him in connection with the
  proceeding. As noted below, the Registrant has provided for director indemnification in its
  By-Laws, as amended (the &#147;By-Laws&#148;), and indemnity agreements.
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;8.56(a) of Chapter&nbsp;156D of the Massachusetts General Laws (&#147;Section&nbsp;8.56&#148;) provides
  that a corporation may indemnify its officers to the same extent as its directors and, for officers
  that are not directors, to the extent provided by (i)&nbsp;the articles of organization, (ii)&nbsp;the
  bylaws, (iii)&nbsp;a vote of the board of directors or (iv)&nbsp;a contract. In all instances, the extent to
  which a corporation provides indemnification to its officers under Section&nbsp;8.56 is optional. As
  noted below, the Registrant has provided for officer indemnification in its By-Laws and indemnity
  agreements.
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The By-Laws require the Registrant to indemnify present or past directors and officers
  (&#147;Covered Persons&#148;) against all expenses (including reasonable attorneys&#146; fees), judgments,
  penalties, fines and amounts paid in settlements incurred in connection with prosecuting,
  defending, preparing to prosecute and defend, investigating or being or preparing to be a witness,
  in any actual or threatened action, suit, arbitration, alternative dispute resolution mechanism,
  investigation, administrative hearing or any other proceeding, whether civil, criminal,
  administrative or investigative. The Registrant is required to indemnify Covered Persons pursuant
  to the By-Laws to the fullest extent permitted under current applicable law and to such greater
  extent as applicable law may hereafter permit. The Registrant may, as authorized from time to time
  by the Board of Directors of the Registrant (the &#147;Board of Directors&#148;), indemnify any employee or
  agent of the Registrant to the fullest extent of the provisions of the By-Laws with respect to
  Covered Persons.
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The By-Laws provide that no person may be indemnified with respect to any matter as to which
  he or she has been adjudicated not to have acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably
  believed to be in the best interest of the Registrant. With respect to any proceeding, other than
  one by or in the right of the Registrant, each Covered Person shall be indemnified if such person
  acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in the best interest of
  the Registrant or, with
  </DIV>
  
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  <DIV style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">respect to any criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe such person&#146;s conduct
  was unlawful. With respect to proceedings brought by or in the right of the Registrant, a Covered
  Person shall be indemnified if such person acted in good faith, and in a manner such person
  believed to be in the best interest of the Registrant; provided, however, no indemnification shall
  be made with respect to any claim, issue, or matter as to which such Covered Person shall have been
  adjudged liable to the Registrant if applicable law prohibits such indemnification; and provided
  further, that if applicable law permits, indemnification shall nevertheless be made by the
  Registrant in such event only if the court which is considering the matter shall so determine.
  </DIV>
  
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In accordance with the By-Laws, if a Covered Person is successful on the merits or otherwise
  in any proceeding, such Covered Person shall be indemnified to the maximum extent permitted by law.
  If such Covered Person is not wholly successful in such proceeding, but is successful on the
  merits or otherwise as to one or more, but less than all claims, issues, or matters, the Registrant
  shall indemnify such Covered Person to the maximum extent permitted by law with respect to each
  successfully resolved claim, issue, or matter.
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition, the By-Laws provide that if a Covered Person is a witness in any proceeding, such
  person shall be indemnified against all reasonable expenses actually incurred by such Covered
  Person in connection therewith.
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the By-Laws, the determination as to a Covered Person&#146;s right to indemnification
  shall be made by (a)&nbsp;the disinterested directors, (b)&nbsp;independent legal counsel, or (c)&nbsp;the
  stockholders.
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The By-Laws further provide that the Registrant is required to advance all reasonable expenses
  incurred by a Covered Person in connection with any proceeding upon written request of the Covered
  Person, which request must be accompanied by an undertaking by the Covered Person to repay any
  expenses if it is ultimately determined that such Covered Person is not entitled to be indemnified
  against such expenses.
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The right to indemnification and to receive advancement of expenses set forth in the By-Laws
  is not exclusive of any rights to which a Covered Person may be entitled under applicable law, the
  Articles of Organization, any agreement, vote of stockholders, resolution of the Board of
  Directors, or otherwise.
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant also has entered into indemnity agreements with each of its directors and
  executive officers (each, an &#147;Indemnitee&#148;). Each indemnity agreement provides that, subject to
  certain limitations specified elsewhere therein, the Registrant shall indemnify the Indemnitee if
  he is a party to or is threatened to be made a party to or is otherwise involved in any Proceeding,
  including, without limitation, a Proceeding by or in the right of the Registrant to procure a
  judgment in its favor, against all Losses and Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by the
  Indemnitee in connection with the defense or settlement of such Proceeding.
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each indemnity agreement also provides that, subject to certain limitations specified
  elsewhere therein, the Registrant shall indemnify the Indemnitee if he is a party to or threatened
  to be made a party to or otherwise involved in any Proceeding by or in the right of the Registrant
  to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that he was or is a director and/or
  officer of the Registrant or is or was serving at the request of the Registrant as a director,
  employee, or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise,
  against all Losses and Expenses actually and reasonably incurred in connection with the defense or
  settlement of such Proceeding.
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each indemnity agreement further provides that the Expenses incurred by the Indemnitee in any
  Proceeding governed by the relevant sections of the indemnity agreement shall be paid by the
  Registrant
  </DIV>
  
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  <DIV style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">at reasonable intervals in advance of any final disposition of such Proceeding, provided that
  the Indemnitee shall undertake to repay such amounts to the Registrant if it shall ultimately be
  determined by a court in a final adjudication from which there is no further right of appeal that
  he was not entitled to indemnification of such Expenses.
  </DIV>
  
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As used in each indemnity agreement, the term &#147;Expenses&#148; includes, without limitation thereto,
  expenses of investigations or judicial or administrative proceedings or appeals, attorneys&#146; and
  accounting fees and disbursements, taxes, expenses of being a witness in a Proceeding, and any
  expenses of establishing a right to indemnification under or otherwise enforcing the indemnity
  agreement.
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As used in each indemnity agreement, the term &#147;Losses&#148; means amounts which the Indemnitee pays
  as a result of a claim or claims made against him in any Proceeding, including, without limitation,
  damages, judgments, liabilities, fines, penalties, and sums paid in compromise or settlement of a
  claim or claims.
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As used in each indemnity agreement, the term &#147;Proceeding&#148; includes any threatened, pending,
  or completed action, suit, or proceeding, whether brought in the right of the Registrant or
  otherwise and whether of a civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative nature, in which the
  Indemnitee may be or may have been involved as a party, a witness, or otherwise, by reason of the
  fact that the Indemnitee is or was a director and/or officer of the Registrant, by reason of any
  action taken by him or of any inaction on his part while acting as such director and/or officer, or
  by reason of the fact that he is or was serving at the request of the Registrant as a director,
  officer, trustee, employee, partner, or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture,
  trust, or other organization, whether or not he is serving in such capacity at the time any
  liability or expense is incurred for which indemnification or reimbursement shall be requested or
  provided for under the indemnity agreement.
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Indemnification under the indemnity agreements is not exclusive and does not affect any other
  rights to which directors and/or executive officers may be entitled under the Registrant&#146;s Articles
  of Organization or By-Laws, any other agreement, any vote of the stockholders or disinterested
  directors, the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, or otherwise. Further, indemnification
  under the indemnity agreements continues as to Indemnitees who may have ceased to be directors
  and/or officers.
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted
  to directors, officers, or persons controlling the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions,
  the Registrant has been informed that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is
  against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant has purchased and maintains insurance coverage under a policy insuring
  directors and officers of the Registrant against certain liabilities which they may incur as
  directors or officers of the Registrant, which may include coverage for liabilities arising under
  the Securities Act.
  </DIV>
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  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</B>
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
  </DIV>
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  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B>
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Exhibit&nbsp;Index immediately preceding the exhibits is incorporated herein by reference.
  </DIV>
  
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  </DIV>
  
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  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</B>
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1.&nbsp;<U><I>Item&nbsp;</I><I>512(a)</I><I> of Regulation&nbsp;S-K</I></U>. The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
  </DIV>
  
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
  post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
  </DIV>
  
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
  </DIV>
  
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date
  of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
  individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set
  forth in the registration statement; and
  </DIV>
  
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
  previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such
  information in the registration statement;
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 3%; text-indent: 0%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><I>provided, however, </I>that paragraphs (i)&nbsp;and (ii)&nbsp;do not apply if the information required to
  be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
  reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13
  or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration
  statement.</DIV>
  
  
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each
  such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to
  the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
  deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.
  </DIV>
  
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
  securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.&nbsp;<U><I>Item&nbsp;</I><I>512(b)</I><I> of Regulation&nbsp;S-K</I></U>. The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that,
  for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s
  annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated
  by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
  relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall
  be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.&nbsp;<U><I>Item&nbsp;</I><I>512(h)</I><I> of Regulation&nbsp;S-K</I></U>. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising
  under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
  Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that
  in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
  Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
  against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by
  a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any
  action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
  connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its
  counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
  jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed
  in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
  </DIV>
  
  
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  </DIV>
  
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
  </DIV>
  
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant
  certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
  filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by
  the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Peabody, Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
  on this 14th&nbsp;day of October, 2005.
  </DIV>
  <DIV align="center">
  <TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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      <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left">ANALOGIC
  CORPORATION&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">By:
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ John W. Wood Jr.</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR style="font-size: 1px">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">John W. Wood Jr.</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">President and Chief Executive Officer</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
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  </TABLE>
  </DIV>
  
  
  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES</B>
  </DIV>
  
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We, the undersigned officers and directors of Analogic Corporation, hereby severally
  constitute and appoint John W. Wood Jr., John J. Millerick and Alex A. Van Adzin, and each of them
  singly, our true and lawful attorneys with full power to them, and each of them singly, to sign for
  us and in our names in the capacities indicated below, the registration statement on Form S-8 filed
  herewith and any and all subsequent amendments to said registration statement, and generally to do
  all such things in our names and on our behalf in our capacities as officers and directors to
  enable Analogic Corporation to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as
  amended, and all requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and
  confirming our signatures as they may be signed by our said attorneys, or any of them, to said
  registration statement and any and all amendments thereto.
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration
  statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
  </DIV>
  <DIV align="center">
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      <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Date</B></TD>
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      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ John W. Wood Jr.
  <DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
  John W. Wood Jr.
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">President, Chief
  Executive Officer and
  Director (Principal
  executive officer)
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">October&nbsp;14, 2005</TD>
  </TR>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ John J. Millerick
  <DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
  John J. Millerick
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Senior Vice President,
  Chief Financial
  Officer and Treasurer
  (Principal financial
  and accounting
  officer)
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">October&nbsp;14, 2005</TD>
  </TR>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
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      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ John A. Tarello
  <DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
  John A. Tarello
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">October&nbsp;14, 2005</TD>
  </TR>
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      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Bernard M. Gordon
  <DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
  Bernard M. Gordon
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">October&nbsp;14, 2005</TD>
  </TR>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ M. Ross Brown
  <DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
  M. Ross Brown
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">October&nbsp;14, 2005</TD>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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text: Analogic Corporation Form S-8
  Table of Contents
  As
  filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 14, 2005
  Registration No. 333-_____
  UNITED STATES
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  Washington, D.C. 20549
  FORM S-8
  REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
  THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  ANALOGIC CORPORATION
  (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
  Massachusetts
  04-2454372
  (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation
  or Organization)
  (I.R.S. Employer
  Identification No.)
  8 Centennial Drive
  Peabody, Massachusetts
  01960
  (Address of Principal Executive Offices)
  (Zip Code)
  Key Employee Incentive Stock Option Plan dated June 11, 1998
  (Full Title of the Plan)
  Alex A. Van Adzin
  Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary
  Analogic Corporation
  8 Centennial Drive
  Peabody, Massachusetts 01960
  (Name and Address of Agent For Service)
  (978) 977-3000
  (Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)
  CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
  Proposed
  Proposed
  Title of
  Maximum
  Maximum
  Securities to be
  Amount to be
  Offering Price Per
  Aggregate
  Amount of
  Registered
  Registered(1)
  Share
  Offering Price
  Registration Fee
  Common Stock, $0.05
  par value per share
  827,053 shares
  $50.76(2)
  $41,981,210.28
  (2)
  $4,941.19
  (1)
  In accordance with Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration
  statement shall be deemed to cover any additional securities that may from time to time be
  offered or issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar
  transactions.
  (2)
  Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rules 457(c)
  and 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and based upon the average of the high
  and low prices of the Registrant's Common Stock as reported on The NASDAQ National Market on
  October 12, 2005.
  TABLE OF CONTENTS
  PART I INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
  Item 1. Plan Information
  Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information
  PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
  Item 4. Description of Securities
  Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
  Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
  Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
  Item 8. Exhibits
  Item 9. Undertakings
  SIGNATURES
  INDEX TO EXHIBITS
  Ex-5.1 Opinion of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr LLP
  Ex-23.2 Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
  Table of Contents
  PART I
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
  Item 1. Plan Information.
  The information required by Item 1 is included in documents sent or given to participants in
  the plan covered by this registration statement pursuant to Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act of
  1933, as amended (the "Securities Act").
  Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.
  The written statement required by Item 2 is included in documents sent or given to
  participants in the plan covered by this registration statement pursuant to Rule 428(b)(1) of the
  Securities Act.
  PART II
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
  The Registrant is subject to the informational and reporting requirements of Sections 13(a),
  14, and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and in
  accordance therewith files reports, proxy statements and other information with the Securities and
  Exchange Commission (the "Commission"). The following documents, which are on file with the
  Commission, are incorporated in this registration statement by reference:
  (a) The Registrant's latest annual report filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
  Exchange Act or the latest prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act that
  contains audited financial statements for the Registrant's latest fiscal year for which such
  statements have been filed.
  (b) All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the
  end of the fiscal year covered by the document referred to in (a) above.
  (c) The description of the securities contained in the Registrant's registration statement on
  Form 8-A filed on December 11, 1972 under the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report filed
  for the purpose of updating such description.
  All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and
  15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that
  all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining
  unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement and to be
  part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document
  incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or
  superseded for the purposes of this registration statement to the extent that a statement contained
  herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by
  reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded
  shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this registration
  statement.
  Item 4. Description of Securities.
  Not applicable.
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  Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
  Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP has opined as to the legality of the securities
  being offered by this registration statement.
  Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
  Section 2.02(b)(4) of Chapter 156D of the Massachusetts General Laws allows a corporation to
  eliminate or limit the personal liability of a director of a corporation to the corporation or its
  stockholders for monetary damages for a breach of fiduciary duty as a director notwithstanding any
  provision of law imposing such liability, except where the director breached his duty of loyalty,
  failed to act in good faith, engaged in intentional misconduct or knowingly violated a law,
  authorized the payment of an improper distribution or obtained an improper personal benefit. The
  Registrant has included such a provision in its articles of organization, as restated and amended
  (the "Articles of Organization").
  Section 8.51(a) of Chapter 156D of the Massachusetts General Laws provides that a corporation
  may indemnify its directors against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines, and
  amounts paid in settlement reasonably incurred in connection with any litigation or other legal
  proceeding brought against any director by virtue of his position as a director of the Registrant
  unless he is deemed to have not acted in good faith in the reasonable belief that his action was in
  the best interest of the corporation. Section 8.52 of Chapter 156D of the Massachusetts General
  Laws provides that a corporation must indemnify a director who is wholly successful, on the merits
  or otherwise, in the defense of any proceeding to which the director was a party because he was a
  director of the corporation against reasonable expenses incurred by him in connection with the
  proceeding. As noted below, the Registrant has provided for director indemnification in its
  By-Laws, as amended (the "By-Laws"), and indemnity agreements.
  Section 8.56(a) of Chapter 156D of the Massachusetts General Laws ("Section 8.56") provides
  that a corporation may indemnify its officers to the same extent as its directors and, for officers
  that are not directors, to the extent provided by (i) the articles of organization, (ii) the
  bylaws, (iii) a vote of the board of directors or (iv) a contract. In all instances, the extent to
  which a corporation provides indemnification to its officers under Section 8.56 is optional. As
  noted below, the Registrant has provided for officer indemnification in its By-Laws and indemnity
  agreements.
  The By-Laws require the Registrant to indemnify present or past directors and officers
  ("Covered Persons") against all expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees), judgments,
  penalties, fines and amounts paid in settlements incurred in connection with prosecuting,
  defending, preparing to prosecute and defend, investigating or being or preparing to be a witness,
  in any actual or threatened action, suit, arbitration, alternative dispute resolution mechanism,
  investigation, administrative hearing or any other proceeding, whether civil, criminal,
  administrative or investigative. The Registrant is required to indemnify Covered Persons pursuant
  to the By-Laws to the fullest extent permitted under current applicable law and to such greater
  extent as applicable law may hereafter permit. The Registrant may, as authorized from time to time
  by the Board of Directors of the Registrant (the "Board of Directors"), indemnify any employee or
  agent of the Registrant to the fullest extent of the provisions of the By-Laws with respect to
  Covered Persons.
  The By-Laws provide that no person may be indemnified with respect to any matter as to which
  he or she has been adjudicated not to have acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably
  believed to be in the best interest of the Registrant. With respect to any proceeding, other than
  one by or in the right of the Registrant, each Covered Person shall be indemnified if such person
  acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in the best interest of
  the Registrant or, with
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  respect to any criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe such person's conduct
  was unlawful. With respect to proceedings brought by or in the right of the Registrant, a Covered
  Person shall be indemnified if such person acted in good faith, and in a manner such person
  believed to be in the best interest of the Registrant; provided, however, no indemnification shall
  be made with respect to any claim, issue, or matter as to which such Covered Person shall have been
  adjudged liable to the Registrant if applicable law prohibits such indemnification; and provided
  further, that if applicable law permits, indemnification shall nevertheless be made by the
  Registrant in such event only if the court which is considering the matter shall so determine.
  In accordance with the By-Laws, if a Covered Person is successful on the merits or otherwise
  in any proceeding, such Covered Person shall be indemnified to the maximum extent permitted by law.
  If such Covered Person is not wholly successful in such proceeding, but is successful on the
  merits or otherwise as to one or more, but less than all claims, issues, or matters, the Registrant
  shall indemnify such Covered Person to the maximum extent permitted by law with respect to each
  successfully resolved claim, issue, or matter.
  In addition, the By-Laws provide that if a Covered Person is a witness in any proceeding, such
  person shall be indemnified against all reasonable expenses actually incurred by such Covered
  Person in connection therewith.
  Pursuant to the By-Laws, the determination as to a Covered Person's right to indemnification
  shall be made by (a) the disinterested directors, (b) independent legal counsel, or (c) the
  stockholders.
  The By-Laws further provide that the Registrant is required to advance all reasonable expenses
  incurred by a Covered Person in connection with any proceeding upon written request of the Covered
  Person, which request must be accompanied by an undertaking by the Covered Person to repay any
  expenses if it is ultimately determined that such Covered Person is not entitled to be indemnified
  against such expenses.
  The right to indemnification and to receive advancement of expenses set forth in the By-Laws
  is not exclusive of any rights to which a Covered Person may be entitled under applicable law, the
  Articles of Organization, any agreement, vote of stockholders, resolution of the Board of
  Directors, or otherwise.
  The Registrant also has entered into indemnity agreements with each of its directors and
  executive officers (each, an "Indemnitee"). Each indemnity agreement provides that, subject to
  certain limitations specified elsewhere therein, the Registrant shall indemnify the Indemnitee if
  he is a party to or is threatened to be made a party to or is otherwise involved in any Proceeding,
  including, without limitation, a Proceeding by or in the right of the Registrant to procure a
  judgment in its favor, against all Losses and Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by the
  Indemnitee in connection with the defense or settlement of such Proceeding.
  Each indemnity agreement also provides that, subject to certain limitations specified
  elsewhere therein, the Registrant shall indemnify the Indemnitee if he is a party to or threatened
  to be made a party to or otherwise involved in any Proceeding by or in the right of the Registrant
  to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that he was or is a director and/or
  officer of the Registrant or is or was serving at the request of the Registrant as a director,
  employee, or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise,
  against all Losses and Expenses actually and reasonably incurred in connection with the defense or
  settlement of such Proceeding.
  Each indemnity agreement further provides that the Expenses incurred by the Indemnitee in any
  Proceeding governed by the relevant sections of the indemnity agreement shall be paid by the
  Registrant
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  at reasonable intervals in advance of any final disposition of such Proceeding, provided that
  the Indemnitee shall undertake to repay such amounts to the Registrant if it shall ultimately be
  determined by a court in a final adjudication from which there is no further right of appeal that
  he was not entitled to indemnification of such Expenses.
  As used in each indemnity agreement, the term "Expenses" includes, without limitation thereto,
  expenses of investigations or judicial or administrative proceedings or appeals, attorneys' and
  accounting fees and disbursements, taxes, expenses of being a witness in a Proceeding, and any
  expenses of establishing a right to indemnification under or otherwise enforcing the indemnity
  agreement.
  As used in each indemnity agreement, the term "Losses" means amounts which the Indemnitee pays
  as a result of a claim or claims made against him in any Proceeding, including, without limitation,
  damages, judgments, liabilities, fines, penalties, and sums paid in compromise or settlement of a
  claim or claims.
  As used in each indemnity agreement, the term "Proceeding" includes any threatened, pending,
  or completed action, suit, or proceeding, whether brought in the right of the Registrant or
  otherwise and whether of a civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative nature, in which the
  Indemnitee may be or may have been involved as a party, a witness, or otherwise, by reason of the
  fact that the Indemnitee is or was a director and/or officer of the Registrant, by reason of any
  action taken by him or of any inaction on his part while acting as such director and/or officer, or
  by reason of the fact that he is or was serving at the request of the Registrant as a director,
  officer, trustee, employee, partner, or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture,
  trust, or other organization, whether or not he is serving in such capacity at the time any
  liability or expense is incurred for which indemnification or reimbursement shall be requested or
  provided for under the indemnity agreement.
  Indemnification under the indemnity agreements is not exclusive and does not affect any other
  rights to which directors and/or executive officers may be entitled under the Registrant's Articles
  of Organization or By-Laws, any other agreement, any vote of the stockholders or disinterested
  directors, the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, or otherwise. Further, indemnification
  under the indemnity agreements continues as to Indemnitees who may have ceased to be directors
  and/or officers.
  Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted
  to directors, officers, or persons controlling the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions,
  the Registrant has been informed that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is
  against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.
  The Registrant has purchased and maintains insurance coverage under a policy insuring
  directors and officers of the Registrant against certain liabilities which they may incur as
  directors or officers of the Registrant, which may include coverage for liabilities arising under
  the Securities Act.
  Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
  Not applicable.
  Item 8. Exhibits.
  The Exhibit Index immediately preceding the exhibits is incorporated herein by reference.
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  Item 9. Undertakings.
  1.
  Item
  512(a)
  of Regulation S-K
  . The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
  (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
  post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
  (i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
  (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date
  of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
  individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set
  forth in the registration statement; and
  (iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
  previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such
  information in the registration statement;
  provided, however,
  that paragraphs (i) and (ii) do not apply if the information required to
  be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
  reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13
  or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration
  statement.
  (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each
  such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to
  the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
  deemed to be the initial
  bona fide
  offering thereof.
  (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
  securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
  2.
  Item
  512(b)
  of Regulation S-K
  . The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that,
  for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's
  annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated
  by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
  relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall
  be deemed to be the initial
  bona fide
  offering thereof.
  3.
  Item
  512(h)
  of Regulation S-K
  . Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising
  under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
  Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that
  in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
  Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
  against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by
  a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any
  action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
  connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its
  counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
  jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed
  in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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  SIGNATURES
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant
  certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
  filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by
  the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Peabody, Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
  on this 14th day of October, 2005.
  ANALOGIC
  CORPORATION
  By:
  /s/ John W. Wood Jr.
  John W. Wood Jr.
  President and Chief Executive Officer
  POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES
  We, the undersigned officers and directors of Analogic Corporation, hereby severally
  constitute and appoint John W. Wood Jr., John J. Millerick and Alex A. Van Adzin, and each of them
  singly, our true and lawful attorneys with full power to them, and each of them singly, to sign for
  us and in our names in the capacities indicated below, the registration statement on Form S-8 filed
  herewith and any and all subsequent amendments to said registration statement, and generally to do
  all such things in our names and on our behalf in our capacities as officers and directors to
  enable Analogic Corporation to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as
  amended, and all requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and
  confirming our signatures as they may be signed by our said attorneys, or any of them, to said
  registration statement and any and all amendments thereto.
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration
  statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
  Signature
  Title
  Date
  /s/ John W. Wood Jr.
  John W. Wood Jr.
  President, Chief
  Executive Officer and
  Director (Principal
  executive officer)
  October 14, 2005
  /s/ John J. Millerick
  John J. Millerick
  Senior Vice President,
  Chief Financial
  Officer and Treasurer
  (Principal financial
  and accounting
  officer)
  October 14, 2005
  /s/ John A. Tarello
  John A. Tarello
  Chairman
  October 14, 2005
  /s/ Bernard M. Gordon
  Bernard M. Gordon
  Director
  October 14, 2005
  /s/ M. Ross Brown
  M. Ross Brown
  Director
  October 14, 2005
  /s/ Bruce W. Steinhauer, M.D.
  Bruce W. Steinhauer, M.D.
  Director
  October 14, 2005
  /s/ Edward F. Voboril
  Edward F. Voboril
  Director
  October 14, 2005
  /s/ Gerald L. Wilson
  Gerald L. Wilson
  Director
  October 14, 2005
  /s/ Michael T. Modic
  Michael T. Modic
  Director
  October 14, 2005
  /s/ James J. Judge
  James J. Judge
  Director
  October 14, 2005
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  INDEX TO EXHIBITS
  Number
  Description
  4.1(1)
  Restated Articles of Organization, as amended, of the Registrant.
  4.2(1)
  By-Laws, as amended, of the Registrant.
  5.1
  Opinion of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, counsel to
  the Registrant.
  23.1
  Consent of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
  (included in Exhibit 5.1).
  23.2
  Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
  24.1
  Power of attorney (included on the signature pages of this
  registration statement).
  (1)
  Previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an Exhibit to the
  Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended July 31, 1988 (File No.
  000-06715) and incorporated herein by reference.