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The New Opportunities Fund, which comes from the National Lottery, has announced MRIs for Craigavon, Antrim and the Ulster hospitals.
It is part of a �6.4m package to benefit cancer patients in Northern Ireland.
It will go towards a wide range of health projects aimed at cancer prevention, detection, treatment and care.
MRI stands for magnetic reasonance imaging.
 Bairbre de Brun: Welcomed the announcement |
A total of 24 projects will benefit from the cash injection.
The province's four health boards will also receive money for anti-smoking projects.
There are currently three MRI scanners in the province and waiting lists for them are lengthy.
The Northern Ireland Minister for Health, Bairbre de Brun, has welcomed the announcement.
She said: "This funding is a welcome boost for cancer services here.
"In particular, the funding for MRI scanners provides much needed additional imaging capacity which will mean quicker and more comprehensive diagnosis for a wider range of service users.
"This equipment is key to the establishment and development of dedicated cancer units at these three hospitals and is a significant contribution to my department's ongoing Imaging Modernisation Programme".
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