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

News

From discovery to impact: innovation on display at NIF 2025 Annual Scientific Meeting

Bringing together the imaging community, the NIF 2025 Annual Scientific Meeting was a showcase of innovative imaging research both nationally…

20 August 2025

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

MRI scans at NIF facility reveal decreased conductivity, increased disruption proteins after heading soccer balls

The scans at NeuRA Imaging, the UNSW Node of the National Imaging Facility, revealed decreased conductivity in several white-matter areas…

07 July 2025

Announcement: Dr Elane Zelcer appointed to NIF Governing Board; Dr Erol Harvey thanked for his service

The National Imaging Facility has announced the appointment of Dr Elane Zelcer to its independent Governing Board.

01 July 2025

9 News: Recent epilepsy breakthroughs use imaging data captured on NIF instruments

Reported by 9News, Clinical Director of The Florey Professor Graeme Jackson was interviewed about the technology developed at the Australian…

26 June 2025

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Upcoming Events

RPS Community of Practice lecture series: Preparation and Quality Control of [18F]Fluorodopa

Preparation and Quality Control of [18F]Fluorodopa: Ms Zena Rainbird, 26 August 2025   Dear Colleagues It gives me great pleasure…

WHEN: 26 August, 2025

NCRIS Staff Afternoon Tea (Canberra)

Research Infrastructure Connected – Welcome to Research Infrastructure Connected (RIC) and the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS) network invite…

WHEN: 26 August, 2025

RIC/NCRIS Business Development CoP Workshop

Research Infrastructure Connected (RIC) and the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS) network invite you to attend the RIC BD…

WHEN: 11 September, 2025

NCRIS Staff Afternoon Tea (Sydney)

WHEN: 12 September, 2025

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

Enhancing Ultra-Low-Field MRI with Paired High-Field MRI Comparisons for Brain Imaging (ULF-EnC)

Kh Tohidul Islam, Shenjun Zhong, Himashi Peiris, Parisa Zakavi, Sanuwani Dayarathna, Zhaolin Chen.

Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention 2025 (MICCAI)

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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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