Laboratory and imaging examinations

You always need a referral for laboratory and imaging examinations. The examinations are carried out by HUS, but the examination sites are often located at health stations.

Laboratory and imaging examinations always require a referral issued by a health care professional. Agree with the professional on how you will be contacted regarding the examination results. The results may take two weeks or even longer to be completed and commented on, so please wait patiently. 

The examination results will be available in the Maisa and MyKanta services. 

Go to Maisa

Go to MyKanta

You can find more information about the interpretation of laboratory test results in Finnish on the Terveyskirjasto.fi website by Duodecim. Go to the Terveyskirjasto.fi website  

Appointment booking 

Book an appointment with a HUS laboratory online or by phone. See the instructions on booking a laboratory appointment on the HUS website 

Please check in advance whether the examinations prescribed for you require fasting and whether you can take your medications normally before the sampling.  

When you book an appointment, you are informed of how you can cancel or postpone your appointment. 

Without an appointment 

Check whether you can also have an examination without booking an appointment. Be prepared to queue. See the locations of laboratories on the HUS website  

An appointment is required

  • for spinal scoliosis scans
  • for bone density scans
  • for measuring the mechanical axis of a lower extremity. 

Call the customer service number to book an appointment. Go to the HUS customer service page 

Without an appointment

  • bone and lung scans
  • scans of teeth and long bones. 

Find a suitable site on the HUS website 

Appointment booking 

Call the customer service number to book an appointment. Go to the HUS customer service page 

Appointment booking 

You can book an appointment for fundus photography of the eye by phone. See the appointment booking page for more information

For the following examinations, an appointment will be booked for you and you will be notified of it by post: 

  • magnetic resonance imaging (MRI scan)
  • computer tomography (CT scan)
  • mammography
  • sleep studies
  • EEG
  • EKG. 

Useful information about examinations and preparing for them

Patient instructions laboratories and imaging (HUS)
Check whether you have to prepare for a laboratory or imaging examination.
Tutkimukseen tulijan talo (Terveyskylä, in Finnish)
The Tutkimukseen tulijan talo service provides information about laboratory and imaging examinations.

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