Imaging Data Repository

Imaging Data Repository

The Imaging Data Repository is a service where imaging material generated in connection with a patient’s care is archived. The Repository is part of the Kanta Services.

When imaging data is recorded in Kanta

  • the comparison images are available between both private and public healthcare organisations, which makes the professionals work easier
  • the patient will be able to view imaging notes and other imaging-related documents, such as the referral and the report, in MyKanta.
  • the obligation to archive imaging materials has been transferred to Kela, which means that regional and local archives can be discontinued.

Healthcare professionals can use the service for retrieving imaging material archived in the Imaging Data Repository and imaging documents entered in the Patient Data Repository.

The service’s deployment process progresses in phases.

Imaging studies that are stored in the Imaging Data Repository

Currently, it is possible to archive

  • radiology imaging materials
  • ECG tests 
  • oral health care images
  • optometry images.

All of the archived imaging material must be in DICOM format. Studies archived in the Imaging Data Repository are linked to the imaging documents entered in the Patient Data Repository.

Further information about data contents entered in the Imaging Data Repository are available in Finnish and Swedish.

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Last updated 9.1.2025

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