France Life Imaging (FLI)
Overview
France Life Imaging is the French national research infrastructure for in vivo biomedical imaging, federating regional imaging hubs across France covering MRI, PET, optical imaging, ultrasound, and multimodal preclinical imaging. Founded in 2012 under the Investissements d’Avenir programme and coordinated nationally by CEA, FLI provides open access to in vivo imaging platforms for academic and industrial researchers.
Structure
FLI is organised into 10 regional hubs and one transverse hub, coordinated by a national steering committee. The regional hubs are Paris Centre, Paris-Sud, Bordeaux, Grenoble, Lyon, Marseille, Grand Est, Occitan, Grand Ouest, and Nord-Ouest (the last three joined in 2020 and 2025). The Paris Centre hub incorporates several platforms near major Paris hospitals, including CENIR. The Paris-Sud hub is based at CEA NeuroSpin and SHFJ and coordinates the CATI neuroimaging data management programme.
The transverse hub, IAM (Information Analysis and Management), builds the hardware and software infrastructure for storing, managing, and processing large sets of clinical and preclinical imaging data. It is scientifically coordinated by INRIA (Rennes), with contributions from CNRS, CEA MIRCen, and INSERM.
Connections
- ICM platform member: CENIR
- CATI within FLI: CATI
- Coordinated by: CEA
- European: Euro-BioImaging
Resources
- https://www.francelifeimaging.fr
- https://www.francelifeimaging.fr/about/hubs/paris-centre/?lang=en (Paris Centre hub — includes CENIR/ICM)
- https://www.francelifeimaging.fr/about/hubs/iam/?lang=en (IAM transverse data management hub)