The PET technology makes it possible to take images of the inner organs, and to identify any disease, check what treatment works – and does not work – and thereby develop new, improved treatment techniques. This will directly benefit the patients.
People who are going for a PET scan have a weak radioactive substance injected into their bloodstream, and the radiation from this substance is registered from outside the body. The images that are made in this way show the biological processes in the body. Small animal PET imaging is only used in research, mainly medical research, but PET technology is also useful in the work on finding safer carbon storage solutions.
68Ga-PSMA-PET
Year: 2017
Donation: 5.485 MNOK
Recipient: Helse Bergen
PET-MR
Year: 2015
Donation: The PET-MR machine
Recipient: Helse Bergen/University of Bergen
PET-MR
Year: 2015
Donation: The PET-MR machine
Recipient: University Hospital Nord-Norge/University of Tromsø
Small animal-PET
Year: 2011
Donation: 12 MNOK
Recipient: University of Bergen