OHSU installs state-of-the-art scanner

PET/MRI scanner will be used for clinical care and research

By Erik Robinson June 24, 2021 Portland, Oregon

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Workers pull a 17,000-pound magnet into OHSUs Lafrom Biomedical Research Building on Saturday, June 19. The PET/MRI scanner is the first to be installed in the Pacific Northwest and will be useful for clinical care and research. (OHSU/Josh Tappert)

OHSU PET MRI hoisted by crane

A 17,000-pound magnet is hoisted toward a temporary opening in the west side of the Lamfrom Biomedical Research Building on OHSUs Marquam Hill campus on Saturday, June 19. The scanner combines Positron Emission Tomography, or PET, and MRI technology and is the first of its kind installed in the Pacific Northwest. (OHSU/Joshua Tappert)