FiBI Node – Finnish Biomedical Imaging Node

The Finnish Biomedical Imaging Node is a multi-sited and multi-modal research infrastructure that covers the most important technologies for in vivo imaging from mouse to man. It provides open user access to imaging technologies and services for academic and industrial users in four partner units located in Espoo, Helsinki, Kuopio and Turku. All the services are open to national and international users.

The spearhead technologies of the Finnish Biomedical Imaging Node include 1) preclinical and human positron emission tomography (PET) and PET tracer development, 2) preclinical high-field magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), 3) magnetoencephalography (MEG), and 4) preclinical optical intravital imaging. The key expertise and main research applications focus on cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, neuroscience, and cancer.

The Finnish Biomedical Imaging Node operates in close collaboration with the Finnish Advanced Microscopy Node. Together, the two Nodes form Euro-BioImaging Finland, which is on the Academy of Finland’s national roadmap for research infrastructures 2021-2024.

node partners

The Finnish Biomedical Imaging Node has four Node partners:

Turku PET Centre, a joint research infrastructure of the University of Turku, Åbo Akademi University, and Turku University Hospital
Kuopio Biomedical Imaging Unit, jointly at the University of Eastern Finland and Kuopio University Hospital
NEUROIMAGING Research Infrastructure, a joint consortium of Aalto University, Helsinki University Hospital, and the University of Helsinki
Helsinki In vivo Animal Imaging Platform at the University of Helsinki

Together the Node partners provide a wide range of modern in vivo imaging modalities and expertise for both basic and clinical research. The spearhead specializations of each partner are outlined below.

TURKU PET CENTRE

Turku PET Centre is one of the key players in the field of PET, MR, and CT imaging globally. It is Finnish National Research Institute that provides diagnostic services for patients, conducts basic and applied multidisciplinary research, and offers contract research services for pharmaceutical and other healthcare industry. The strengths of Turku PET Centre include profound expertise in radiochemistry and extensive repository of in-house produced PET tracers for numerous targets, integrated with excellent PET imaging facilities and skilled personnel for both human and animal imaging studies.

http://www.pet.fi

KUOPIO BIOMEDICAL IMAGING UNIT

Kuopio Biomedical Imaging Unit is a national centre for preclinical MRI in Finland. It provides cutting-edge facilities for small animal in vivo imaging and ex vivo MRI microscopy in different areas of basic and applied research. The strength of Kuopio Biomedical Imaging Unit is international level small animal MRI and strong combination of different imaging modalities together with the excellent quality and variety of different animal models, biotechnology and contrast molecule synthesis found at the University of Eastern Finland.

https://sites.uef.fi/kuopiobiu/

NEUROIMAGING RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE

NEUROIMAGING research Infrastructure is a joint human neuroimaging consortium of Aalto NeuroImaging at Aalto University and BioMag Laboratory at Helsinki University Hospital. NEUROIMAGING Research Infrastructure sites are world-recognized pioneers and developers of magnetoencephalography (MEG) since the early 1980’s, ranging from instrumentation to analysis methods, and from basic research to MEG’s first clinical applications. NEUROIMAGING research Infrastructure serves as a hub for MEG training, research, and education nationally and internationally.

http://neuroimaging.fi

HELSINKI IN VIVO ANIMAL IMAGING PLATFORM

Helsinki in vivo Animal Imaging Platform at University of Helsinki offers diverse opportunities for multimodal imaging, including intravital imaging, whole-body optical imaging, ultrasound, in vivo µCT, and electrophysiology and behavioral measurement technologies under one roof in the Biomedicum Helsinki Research Center. It has excellent animal housing and tissue preparation facilities and additional research space for cell culture and tissue staining is also available. In addition, it hosts radiopharmaceutical chemistry and small animal SPECT/CT research facilities, and provides custom radiosynthesis of small molecule receptor ligands, biopharmaceuticals and nanomaterials based on user needs.

https://www.helsinki.fi/en/infrastructures/helsinki-in-vivo-animal-imaging

node partners​​

TURKU PET CENTRE

KUOPIO BIOMEDICAL IMAGING UNIT

NEUROIMAGING RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE

HELSINKI IN VIVO ANIMAL IMAGING PLATFORM

node partners