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Mobile CT, MRI, PET/CT, and Cardiac PET/CT, delivered nationwide
Mobile imaging services for facilities of every size, from rural community hospitals to large IDNs, backed by a regional team that knows your site, your schedule, and your staff. OEM-certified and OEM-serviced CT, MRI, and PET/CT units, with a plan built around your facility: rent for temporary coverage, arrange a dedicated parked unit, or join a scheduled mobile imaging route.
A complete imaging suite, delivered.
Watch a mobile unit go from the road to your first patient: delivered, positioned, and opened up for scanning.
It parks outside your facility.
Positioned at your site and set up around how your facility works, without a building project or a capital purchase.
A full imaging room inside.
A scan room, a control room, and patient space inside the unit, on OEM-certified and OEM-serviced systems.
Ready for your first patient.
A dedicated parked unit, a place on a shared route, or interim coverage while you upgrade. Built around your facility.
Largest OEM-certified fleetThe largest OEM-certified and OEM-serviced mobile imaging fleet in the nation, built one partnership at a time.
Largest SIGNA™ Voyager fleetThe largest GE HealthCare SIGNA™ Voyager wide bore mobile MRI fleet in the world.
45+ yearsBringing mobile imaging to hospitals since 1980.
TJC Gold SealThe Joint Commission Gold Seal of Approval®.
SOC 2 Type IIThe first and only mobile imaging provider to hold it.
Employee-ownedThe people who answer the phone have a stake in your service.
Since 1980
45 years of mobile imaging milestones
From our first mobile CT unit in 1981 to the first mobile digital PET/CT in the USA, Shared Medical Services has brought each new generation of imaging to facilities on the road. Milestones marked Industry first were the first of their kind in mobile imaging. Explore the milestones by modality.
1980
Nuclear medicine (NM) and ultrasound (US)
1981
Computed tomography (CT)
1987
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
2001
Positron emission tomography (PET)
2003
Positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT)
2010
Full-field digital mammography (FFDM)
2014
First mobile GE Discovery™ IQ PET/CT in the USA
Industry first
2016
First mobile GE SIGNA™ Voyager wide bore MRI in the USA
Industry first
2017
3D mobile mammography
2018
First mobile Siemens Healthineers MAGNETOM Aera wide bore MRI in the USA
Industry first
2019
First mobile digital PET/CT in the USA
Industry first
2022
First mobile GE SIGNA™ Voyager wide bore MRI with Xpress table
Industry first
2022
First mobile Siemens Healthineers Biograph Vision PET/CT in the USA
Industry first
2024
First mobile Philips MR 5300 in the USA
Industry first
2024
Digital GE Omni Legend PET/CT added to the SMS fleet
2025
Cardiac PET/CT
2026
First mobile Cardiac PET/CT in Illinois, Wisconsin, and Minnesota
Mobile imaging services
Mobile CT, MRI, and PET/CT units from one provider
Shared Medical Services provides mobile MRI, mobile CT, mobile PET/CT, and Cardiac PET/CT on OEM-certified and OEM-serviced systems. Choose the modality, and we build the service around your facility, big or small.
Mobile Cardiac PET/CT
Mobile Cardiac PET/CT for cardiology programs, for rental, lease, or routed service.
Every system OEM-certified and OEM-serviced
Healthcare
Doesn’t Wait
Tell us the dates, the volume, and the site. We will tell you what the fleet can do — including when the honest answer is a different modality.
Request availability
Share your preferred dates, site, and patient volume. Our team will help you find the right mobile imaging option.
How it works
From first conversation to first patient
For more than 45 years, Shared Medical Services has built mobile imaging services for facilities of every size, from small rural hospitals to large IDNs. Every plan is different; the path to your first patient usually looks like this.
Site planning
Your regional team reviews your site, volume, and timeline with you, using the OEM site planning guides.
Delivery and setup
The unit is delivered, positioned, and set up for your site and your workflow.
Staffing that fits
Staffed by your own team or by Shared Medical Services Technologists, depending on your location and needs.
OEM service, always
Equipment stays OEM-certified and OEM-serviced throughout your service agreement.
Mobile imaging reviews
What imaging teams say
Radiology managers, imaging directors, and Technologists on what it is like to work with Shared Medical Services.
“I have worked with and for mobile providers for the last 30 years. This transition and experience has been, by far, the smoothest, best experience I have ever had.”
Customer on a mobile route
“The equipment is always there on time and ready to go as scheduled. The unit is always clean, inside and out, and the ‘Let’s do it’ attitude of their employees has made this department look good on many occasions.”
Rickey A, Radiology Manager
“Last month, we scanned a record 320 patients. The Shared Medical team serving our patients is outstanding. They show up every day ready to take care of as many patients as possible.”
Co-staffed PET/CT customer
“I have rented mobile before but this is clearly the best experience I ever had. Their willingness to exhibit flexibility, understanding, and to work with my team makes this quite easy to partner with Shared Medical Services on any future projects.”
MRI customer, New Jersey
“Outstanding service! Prompt, transparent, and truly invested in getting our unit up and running. Anticipated needs before I even asked.”
Andrea, Manager of Medical Imaging
“Thanks to SMS for a remarkable experience! I’ve already recommended Shared Medical Services to a colleague for MRI.”
MRI customer, Indiana
Resources
Everything you need to start planning
Site planning guides, unit tours, and case studies for imaging directors planning mobile CT, MRI, or PET/CT service.
Case studies
How health systems added capacity, covered outages, and grew programs.
Imaging insights
Backlog, staffing, and technology trends from the mobile side of radiology.