 <a id="main-content" tabindex="-1"></a>#  Laboratories and Imaging 

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 [ Search for laboratory here  ](/en/search?size=n_20_n&filters%5B0%5D%5Bfield%5D=content_type&filters%5B0%5D%5Bvalues%5D%5B0%5D=laboratories&filters%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=all) [ Search for x-ray unit here  ](/en/search?size=n_20_n&filters%5B0%5D%5Bfield%5D=content_type&filters%5B0%5D%5Bvalues%5D%5B0%5D=imaging-locations&filters%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=all) [ Book appointment for laboratory  (opens in new window, links to another website) ](https://secure.vihta.com/public-ng/hus/#/home) [ Information for patients arriving for laboratory and medical imaging examinations  ](/en/patient/treatments-and-examinations/laboratories-and-imaging/information-patients-arriving-laboratory-and-medical-imaging-examinations) [ Do you want to opt out of paper mail? See instructions here!  ](/en/newsroom/maisa-now-allows-opting-out-receiving-paper-letters) [ Do you need a copy of an image? See the ordering instructions  (opens in new window, links to another website) ](https://www.hus.fi/en/patient/treatments-and-examinations/laboratories-and-imaging/information-patients-arriving-laboratory-and-medical-imaging-examinations#i-need-a-copy-of-an-image) 

 
##  Our services 

 [ Laboratory booking and customer service 

  ](/en/patient/treatments-and-examinations/laboratory-booking-and-customer-service) 

    ![Asiakaspalvelija puhelimessa](/sites/default/files/styles/card_large/public/2020-09/asiakaspalvelu_diagnostiikkakeskus.jpg?itok=I9rJaGxQ) 

 
 [ Appointment booking and customer service for medical imaging 

  ](/en/patient/treatments-and-examinations/appointment-booking-and-customer-service-medical-imaging) 

    ![Asiakaspalvelija puhelimessa.](/sites/default/files/styles/card_large/public/2020-09/diagnostiikkakeskus_asiakaspalvelija.jpg?itok=ZKpyTINk) 

 
 [ Laboratory tests 

  ](/en/patient/treatments-and-examinations/laboratory-tests) 

    ![Biomedical Laboratory Scientist looking at a specimen.](/sites/default/files/styles/card_large/public/2024-04/jorvin-laboratoriossa.jpg?itok=_iRUWSXa) 

 
 [ Imaging examinations and procedures 

  ](/en/patient/treatments-and-examinations/imaging-examinations-and-procedures) 

    ![A ragiographer placing a patient in an MRI machine.](/sites/default/files/styles/card_large/public/2024-04/ulsin-magneetti.jpg?itok=2vcyqU_r) 

 
 [ Colorectal cancer screening 

  ](/en/patient/treatments-and-examinations/colorectal-cancer-screening) 

    ![A man in a green shirt sitting and holding a coffee mug in one hand. I front of him there's another person who is only partly visible from behind.](/sites/default/files/styles/card_large/public/2020-09/hus_jukka_karhula.jpg?itok=iVbxi6cf) 

 
 [ Cervical cancer screening 

  ](/en/patient/treatments-and-examinations/cervical-cancer-screening) 

    ![hoitaja_kutsuu_huoneeseen](/sites/default/files/styles/card_large/public/2020-09/hoitaja_kutsuu.jpg?itok=xZ4F-HqQ) 

 
 [ Genetic counseling 

  ](/en/patient/treatments-and-examinations/genetic-counseling) 

    ![Vastaanotolla Vatsakeskuksessa](/sites/default/files/styles/card_large/public/2024-03/hus_vatsakeskus_04.jpg?itok=GaRxoJ8V) 

 
 [ Brain and other nervous system function studies 

  ](/en/patient/treatments-and-examinations/brain-and-other-nervous-system-function-studies) 

    ![Potilas unitutkimuksessa](/sites/default/files/styles/card_large/public/2020-09/Aivojen%20tutkimukset%202_Viljamaa%204326.jpg?itok=4jiqUqnr) 

 
 [ Isotope examinations and radionuclide therapies 

  ](/en/patient/treatments-and-examinations/isotope-examinations-and-radionuclide-therapies) 

    ![A nurse is preparing a PET-MRI-machine.](/sites/default/files/styles/card_large/public/2023-08/PET-magneettilaite.jpg?itok=iw5Dyufd) 

 
 [ Measuring and examining vital signs 

  ](/en/patient/treatments-and-examinations/measuring-and-examining-vital-functions) 

    ![Potilas  ja lääkäri rasitusergometriatestissä](/sites/default/files/styles/card_large/public/2020-09/Kehon%20mittaukset%202_Viljamaa%204133.jpg?itok=DomJwNco) 

 
 [ Patient instructions for laboratories and medical imaging 

  ](/en/patient/treatments-and-examinations/patient-instructions-laboratories-and-imaging) 

    ![Hoitaja ohjaa potilasta odotusaulassa.](/sites/default/files/styles/card_large/public/2020-09/potilas%20ja%20hoitaja%20r%C3%B6ntgenin%20aulassa.jpg?itok=oPrheEaG) 

 
 [ Arrival instructions for imaging 

  ](/en/patient/treatments-and-examinations/arrival-instructions-medical-imaging) 

    ![Opasteita sairaalan ulkopuolella](/sites/default/files/styles/card_large/public/2020-09/opasteet_meilahden_sairaala.jpg?itok=RInfERKj) 

 
##  Important information 

 [ Information for patients arriving for laboratory and medical imaging examinations 

  ](/en/patient/treatments-and-examinations/laboratories-and-imaging/information-patients-arriving-laboratory-and-medical-imaging-examinations) 

    ![röntgenhoitaja hymyilee potilaalle](/sites/default/files/styles/card_large/public/2020-09/r%C3%B6ntgenhoitaja_hymyilee.jpg?itok=yY0Vf9a9) 

 
 [ Children's sampling - Guide for children and parents 

  ](/en/patient/treatments-and-examinations/laboratories-and-imaging/childrens-sampling-guide-children-and-parents) 

    ![Lapsi laboratoriossa.](/sites/default/files/styles/card_large/public/2022-10/n%C3%A4ytteenotto.jpg?itok=WH2JGagE) 

 
 [ Walk-in X-ray units 

  ](/en/patient/treatments-and-examinations/laboratories-and-imaging/walk-x-ray-units) 

    ![A radiographer preparing a patient for a hand X-ray.](/sites/default/files/styles/card_large/public/2025-05/Natiivir%C3%B6ntgen.jpg?itok=ucwyryQB) 

 
 [ Laboratories and Imaging for professionals 

  ](/en/professionals/services-and-instructions-professionals/laboratories-and-imaging-professionals) 

    ![Laboratoriohoitajat patologian laboratoriossa](/sites/default/files/styles/card_large/public/2020-09/patologian%20laboratorio.jpg?itok=H-EWqfgZ) Professionals 

 
##  News 

###  [ Copies of medical images can now be ordered online ](/en/newsroom/copies-medical-images-can-now-be-ordered-online) 

 News -  3.3.2026, 09:05  

 
     ![One hand positions the other hand on the X-ray machine.](/sites/default/files/styles/card_large/public/2025-11/kammenen-rontgenkuvaus.jpg?itok=MmeOlY1B)  

 
###  [ Changes to laboratories in the Lappeenranta area ](/en/newsroom/changes-laboratories-lappeenranta-area) 

 News -  10.2.2026, 11:13  

 
     ![A customer in sample taking. The sampler is partly visible from behind.](/sites/default/files/styles/card_large/public/2024-05/biopankki-naytteenotto.jpg?itok=d5OXwfmZ)  

 
###  [ Changes to the opening hours of the Honkaharju laboratory ](/en/newsroom/changes-opening-hours-honkaharju-laboratory) 

 News -  21.1.2026, 12:05  

 
     ![Hoitaja ja potilas](/sites/default/files/styles/card_large/public/2020-09/huslab_19%20%281%29.jpg?itok=hggpm3j8)  

 
###  [ Changes to the opening hours of laboratories in South Karelia ](/en/newsroom/changes-opening-hours-laboratories-south-karelia) 

 News -  8.1.2026, 13:26  

 
     ![Hoitaja valmistelee näytteenottoa potilaan käsivarresta. ](/sites/default/files/styles/card_large/public/2023-11/N%C3%A4ytteenotto%20laboratoriossa.jpg?itok=9K7WdYDn)  

 
Updated: 04.03.2026