Urology of Indiana now offers a mobile PET-CT scanner that travels between our Fishers and Greenwood office locations. This scanner enables us to improve how we detect and treat Prostate Cancer by utilizing PSMA Pet Imaging (Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen).
A PSMA PET-CT scan is a type of nuclear medicine imaging test used to detect prostate cancer throughout the body. It uses a small, safe amount of radioactive material called a tracer that targets a protein called PSMA (prostate-specific membrane antigen) expressed by prostate cancer. This tracer binds to the prostate cancer cells, thus making it easy to image and potentially find the disease in its earliest stages.
The PSMA PET-CT scan machine is open around you, does not touch you and is not confining. It should not be confused with an MRI scanner that is more of a tunnel-type structure. Even patients with claustrophobia find PSMA PET-CT scans simple and easy.
Read more here about this scan and what to expect at your appointment. Call Urology of Indiana to get more information about our Mobile PET-CT Scanner: 877-362-2778