Mobile Cardiac PET/CT in San Diego County
Mobile cardiac PET/CT in San Diego gives your practice PET/CT myocardial perfusion on site, with no scanner to buy and no suite to build. VIP Imaging brings a PET/CT trailer, certified technologists and scheduling support to your office on a set monthly schedule. Your patients stay with you. Your physicians read the studies, or we read them for you.
One mobile PET/CT unit from North County to the South Bay
San Diego County is long. A patient in Oceanside and a patient in Chula Vista are more than an hour apart. VIP's mobile PET/CT unit rotates between your offices on a monthly schedule you set, so a multi-office group offers PET/CT where each patient already goes instead of sending everyone to one hospital.
Who PET/CT helps most in San Diego County
San Diego has one of the largest military and veteran communities in the country, along with a large Medicare population. Many of these patients are older, carry a higher BMI or can't exercise on a treadmill. PET/CT handles pharmacologic stress and larger body types well, with lower radiation than SPECT.
How a PET/CT day runs at your office
The trailer arrives before your first appointment. Our technologists set up, run quality checks and start on time. Your front desk checks patients in as usual, and our team walks each patient to the unit. Images are sent to your physicians for reading. At the end of the day the trailer leaves and your lot is back to normal.
- Before openTrailer arrives, setup and QC
- Clinic hoursPatients checked in at your front desk
- Each visitAbout 45 minutes in the unit
- AfterImages to your readers, lot cleared
What your site needs for the mobile PET/CT unit
The trailer needs a level pad and a dedicated power connection. We do a site walk before your first day, work with your property manager on placement, and handle the setup. Your staff checks patients in the same way they do today.
One provider for mobile PET/CT and SPECT in San Diego
If you already run SPECT, you don't have to stop. VIP is one provider for both: mobile PET/CT for the patients who need it and mobile SPECT for the rest, on one schedule with one point of contact.
VIP Imaging has run its own mobile units since 2008. A dedicated rep covers San Diego County and the Inland Empire, so you have one person to call.
Areas we serve in San Diego County
The unit can rotate between offices in different parts of the county on one contract.
North San Diego County
Oceanside, Vista, Encinitas, Escondido
Central San Diego
La Jolla, Kearny Mesa, Mission Valley
East San Diego County
El Cajon, La Mesa
San Diego South Bay
Chula Vista, National City, Bonita
San Diego questions
Can one contract cover offices in North County and the South Bay?
Yes. The unit rotates between your offices on a monthly schedule you set.
What does the site need?
A level pad and a dedicated power connection. We walk the site with your property manager before the first day.
Do we have to stop doing SPECT?
No. VIP runs both. Use PET/CT where it adds the most and keep SPECT for routine studies.
Which tracer do you use?
Rubidium-82 (Rb-82), the standard tracer for cardiac PET/CT myocardial perfusion. Its short half-life keeps the patient's radiation dose low and the visit under an hour.
How fast can we start?
Often the same week you sign. We confirm the pad and power, set the day, and your front desk fills it.
Who reads the studies?
Your choice. Most practices have their own cardiologists read and bill the professional component. If you'd rather not, our reading physicians interpret the studies and send the reports to you.
Is this a PET/CT rental or a service?
A staffed service. VIP brings the mobile PET/CT unit, the technologists and the scheduling support on the days you book. There is no equipment lease, no build-out and nothing for you to staff.
Bring cardiac PET/CT to your San Diego practice
Share your offices and monthly volume. We'll map out a schedule and what it could add to your practice.
