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News

MR imaging enables new cancer nanotracer clinical trial

NIF has helped move a new nanoparticle technology from development to testing to commercialisation. Australian biotech company Ferronova has developed…

06 August 2025

Expressions of Interest: Chair of the Australian National Imaging Facility

Expressions of Interest are now invited from potential candidates who are qualified to serve as Chair of the National Imaging…

24 July 2025

NIF infrastructure underpins new Centre of Precision Medicine

A new centre focusing on precision cancer treatments has been officially launched at the Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute (ONJCRI).…

24 July 2025

“Immediate, dramatic” results: new incision-free MRI-guided treatment for uncontrollable tremor

The Florey has reported on an MRI-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) rapidly becoming a treatment of choice for essential tremor. Florey…

08 July 2025

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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.

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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

National Imaging Facility Museums Special Interest Group - Submission to the AAS Accessing Australia's Research Collections stakeholder consultation

Vera Weisbecker, Nicole Fisher, Wojtek Goscinski, Peter Kench, Scott Keogh, Jane Melville, Diana Patalwala, Thomas Peachey, Michael Rampe, Nik Tatarnic.

Submission to the AAS Accessing Australia's Research Collections stakeholder consultation

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Considerations and recommendations from the ISMRM Diffusion Study Group for preclinical diffusion MRI: Part 3—Ex vivo imaging: Data processing, comparisons with microscopy, and tractography

Kurt G. Schilling, Amy F. D. Howard, Francesco Grussu, Andrada Ianus, Brian Hansen, Rachel L. C. Barrett, Manisha Aggarwal, Stijn Michielse, Fatima Nasrallah, Warda Syeda, Nian Wang, Jelle Veraart, Alard Roebroeck, Andrew F. Bagdasarian, Cornelius Eichner, Farshid Sepehrband, Jan Zimmermann, Lucas Soustelle, Christien Bowman, Benjamin C. Tendler, Andreea Hertanu, Ben Jeurissen, Marleen Verhoye, Lucio Frydman, Yohan van de Looij, David Hike, Jeff F. Dunn, Karla Miller, Bennett A. Landman, Noam Shemesh, Adam Anderson, Emilie McKinnon, Shawna Farquharson, Flavio Dell'Acqua, Carlo Pierpaoli, Ivana Drobnjak, Alexander Leemans, Kevin D. Harkins, Maxime Descoteaux, Duan Xu, Hao Huang, Mathieu D. Santin, Samuel C. Grant, Andre Obenaus, Gene S. Kim, Dan Wu, Denis Le Bihan, Stephen J. Blackband, Luisa Ciobanu, Els Fieremans, Ruiliang Bai, Trygve B. Leergaard, Jiangyang Zhang, Tim B. Dyrby, G. Allan Johnson, Julien Cohen-Adad, Matthew D. Budde, Ileana O. Jelescu.

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

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Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography Detects Persistent Arterial Inflammation After Symptomatic COVID-19

Heidi Espedal, Shipra Verma, Ambuj Roy, Nick S.R. Lan, Sheeraz Mohd, Benjamin Bartlett, Kamar Ali, Natalie C. Ward, Martin A. Ebert, Dick C. Chan, Gerald F. Watts, Girish Dwivedi, Roslyn J. Francis.

Heart, Lung and Circulation

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Enhanced detection of glioblastoma vasculature with superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles and MRI

Phillip W. Janowicz, Thomas Boele, Richard T. Maschmeyer, Yaser H. Gholami, Emma G. Kempe, Brett W. Stringer, Shihani P. Stoner, Marie Zhang,
Taymin du Toit-Thompson, Fern Williams, Aude Touffu, Lenka Munoz, Zdenka Kuncic, Caterina Brighi, David E. J. Waddington.

Scientific Reports

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