National Imaging Facility (NIF) is Australia's advanced imaging network. We provide open access to flagship imaging equipment, expertise, tools, data and analysis.

News

Sharing the Australian National Total Body PET Facility: a win–win for researchers and clinicians

The Australian National Total Body PET Facility, launched just over a year ago, has shown that sharing PET infrastructure has…

03 June 2025

Network models brain changes in motor neurone disease to develop imaging tools for clinicians

Dr Sicong Tu is excited about helping motor neurone disease (MND) patients gain a much better idea of their disease…

28 May 2025

WHO adopts resolution to improve access to medical imaging globally

A resolution to increase medical-imaging capacity worldwide was adopted by the World Health Organization, and is expected to reduce the rising burden…

26 May 2025

New molecular-imaging network launched to benefit cancer, dementia imaging and new radiopharmaceuticals

A new national-scale molecular-imaging network that aims to improve cancer imaging, dementia diagnosis and treatment, and new radiopharmaceuticals was launched…

26 May 2025

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Our Programs

Advanced 
Human Imaging

We provide cutting-edge imaging capabilities essential for studying brain function, disease states, aging, and drug development; and help address health challenges like dementia, epilepsy, stroke and mental health.

Preclinical and 
Frontier Imaging

We provide specialised infrastructure for advanced imaging of preclinical models, plants, specimens, materials and minerals – advancing Australia’s industries and digitising its national-priority collections.

Radiopharmaceuticals

We support the development of radiopharmaceuticals and enable access to cyclotrons for producing radioisotopes, vital for diagnosis and therapy.

Imaging Data Collections and Partnerships

We play a pivotal role in creating imaging data collections of national priority, and working to deploy digital infrastructure and expertise to support critical medical research and facilitate applying AI solutions in healthcare.

Publications

In vivo biomarkers of GABAergic function in epileptic rats treated with the GAT-1 inhibitor E2730

Idrish Ali, Bianca Jupp, Matthew R. Hudson, Brendan Major, Juliana Silva, Glenn R. Yamakawa, Pablo M. Casillas-Espinosa, Emma Braine, Peravina Thergarajan, Mohammad B. Haskali, Lucy Vivash, Robert Brkljaca, Sandy R. Shultz, Patrick Kwan, Kazuyuki Fukushima, Pallavi Sachdev, Jocelyn Y. Cheng, Richelle Mychasiuk, Nigel C. Jones, David K. Wright, Terence J. OBrien

Epilepsia

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Assessment of respiratory mechanics and X-ray velocimetry functional imaging in two cystic fibrosis rat models

Nicole Reyne, Ronan Smith, Patricia Cmielewski, Nina Eikelis, Mark Lawrence, Jennie Louise, Piraveen Pirakalathanan, David Parsons & Martin Donnelley

Scientific Reports

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Functional conductivity imaging: quantitative mapping of brain activity

Jun Cao, Iain K. Ball, Benjamin Cassidy & Caroline D. Rae

Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine

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Laponite Nanoclay-Loaded Microgel Suspensions as Supportive Matrices for Osteogenesis

Gagan K. Jalandhra, Tzong-tyng Hung, Kristopher A. Kilian

Advanced NanoBiomed Research

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