Updated on 22 July 2026
Clinical and preclinical PET imaging and theranostics
Head og PET Imaging Center at University Hospital North Norway
Tromsoe, Norway
About
The University Hospital of North Norway (UNN) is the major hospital in Northern Norway with a population of approximately half a million. It serves as the regional hospital for Northern Norway, covering the counties of Nordland, Troms, and Finnmark.
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Work in progress with an application for Comprehensive Cancer Care hospital
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6 000 employees
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400.000 patients each year
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Three locations (Tromsø is the main hospital)
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List of relevant departments/groups:
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Nuclear Medicine and Radiation Biology (NMRB) | UiT
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Preclinical PET Core Facility (PETcore) | UiT
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Key capabilitues / Infrastructure:
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PET/MRI (Biograph one, Siemens)
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Whole-body PET/CT (Quadra, Siemens)
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PET/CT (Vision, Siemens)
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2 SPECT/CT (GE)
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GMP for PET-radiopharmaceuticals
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R&D for PET-radiopharmaceuticals
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Hotlabs, injection rooms for 177Lu-DOTATAE, isolates for I131 treatment
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EARL certified (Theranostics, PET/CT and PET/MRI)
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Preclinical PET core facility
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Dosimetry and imaging expertise
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Comparative Medicine Core Facility (animal facility)
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Training of specialists, Phd and MSc
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Main site for NorTrials gastrointestinals
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Close collaboration with the UiT The arctic university of Norway
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Translational cancer research
Looking for
- Internationalisation