General information our Core Facilities
All facilities of the Turku PET Centre are located in the University campus and clinics.
The facilities of the Turku PET Centre currently include cyclotron laboratory, radiochemistry laboratory, preclinical and clinical imaging laboratories.
In 1999 the Turku PET Centre got a new dedicated building and the current facilities consist of about 3000 m2 for chemistry and imaging laboratory.
The centre has at the moment 4 cyclotrons (MCG-20 (Efremov), Cyclone 3 (IBA, Belgium) and CC-18 (Efremov) and TR-19 (ASCI) . Radiochemistry laboratory consists of 26 Hot Cells with automated synthesis equipment for tracer development and production, and is operating under GMP quality standards.
The imaging laboratory consists of 3 PET/CT scanners, PET/MRI scanner, dedicated brain/animal scanner CTI High Resolution Research Tool (HRRT) and small animal Inveon PET/CT and stand alone PET scanner and digital ultrasound devices.
PET Centre utilises also the MRI scanner of Oncology clinics (Philips 1,5 T MRI scanner). In the preclinical imaging laboratory we have also high-resolution (25 micrometer) phosphor imaging device (Fuji FLA-7000) for ex vivo studies.
All these devices and systems are run by professional staff of Turku PET Centre, which has already an experience of over 40 years of tracer production and nearly 30 years of PET imaging.
Instruments
- Three cyclotrons (TR19, CC18/9, IBA Cyclone 3D), 68Ge/68Ga generators (radionuclide production)
- Automated radiochemical production systems (20 hot-cells in GMP)
- GE Discovery MI PET/CT
- Siemens Vision PET/CT
- Siemens Vision Quadra PET/CT
- CPS HRRT (brain/animal PET)
- GE Healthcare Signa 3T PET/MRI
- Siemens Inveon (small animal PET/CT)
- Raycan animal PET/CT
- Molecubes animal PET and CT
- Fuji FLA-5100, BAS-5000, BAS-1800II phosphor imaging devices (autoradiography)
- Acuson (Doppler echocardiography)
- VisualSonics Vevo2100 (small animal ultrasound)
- Perkin Elmer IVIS Spectrum (optical imaging system)
Available radiotracers
Turku PET Centre has a unique capacity of more than 70 different PET tracers both for preclinical and human studies. See Tracer menu below for the most frequently asked tracers. Do not hesitate to ask for other options – there are many!
| Tracer menu, selected examples: | |||
| F-18 Tracers | C-11 Tracers | Ga-68 Tracers | O-15 Tracers |
| [18F]FDG | [11C]Methionine | [68Ga]DOTATOC | [15O]H2O |
| [18F]FDOPA | [11C]Metomidate | [68Ga]DOTANOC | [15O]CO |
| [18F]CFT | [11C]Acetate | [68Ga]Siglec9 | [15O]O2 |
| [18F]F | [11C]Carfentanil | [68Ga]RGD | |
| [18F]FTHA | [11C]PIB | ||
| [18F]FBPA | [11C]PK11195 | ||
| [18F]EF5 | [11C]MADAM | ||
| [18F]FE-PE2I | [11C]PBR28 | ||
| [18F]FMPEP-d2 | [11C]Raclopride | ||
| [18F]F-PSMA | [11C]SMW139 | ||
| [18F]Fluorocholine | [11C]UCB-J | ||
Service fees
The service package and fees are always negotiated separately for each project. Please contact Research Manager (contact.pet@tyks.fi) for details on pricing.
Core facilities staff and management
