France Life Imaging
Native nameFLI
HeadquartersSaclay, France,
48°43′26.2″N 2°09′17.1″E
LanguagesFrench
Websitefrancelifeimaging.fr;[1]

France Life Imaging (FLI) is a state-funded organization in biomedical imaging established in 2012 in Saclay, France. It facilitates support and cooperation between research institutes, academic departments and industry in biomedical imaging.[2]

History

In 2010, the French government created the multi-year funding program known as PIA[3] to bear and reduce the cost of medical equipment for research units.[4][5] From 2012 onwards, FLI has been in charge of the promotion and access of technologies in biomedical imaging, services packages for network members, industry, academic and clinical partners.[6]

Activities

More than 160 platforms build the core of FLI of which two thirds are dedicated to preclinical imaging and the rest to clinical imaging.[7] Through FLI, partners can list, finance and facilitate access to imaging systems, such as photon counting computed tomography,[8] clinical MRI at 7 tesla,[9] PET-MRI,[10] high spatial and temporal resolution ultrasound (Functional Ultrasound).[11]

Publications

All source codes produced by FLI-IAM has been released under open source license.[7]

Governance

FLI is managed by the CEA on the CEA Paris-Saclay campus with a distributed governance mode.[12] The organization works jointly with various governing bodies including the universities of Paris-Saclay, Grenoble Alpes, Aix-Marseille University, Claude Bernard Lyon I, Paris Cité , Paul Sabatier-Toulouse III, the universities of Bordeaux, Montpellier, Nancy, Nantes, Rennes and Strasbourg as well as the main research organisations, INSERM, CNRS and INRIA .

Nodes

FLI has hub nodes in the following regions:[7]

  • FLI Paris South;[13]
  • FLI Paris Center;[14]
  • FLI Bordeaux;[15]
  • FLI Grenoble;[16]
  • FLI Lyon;[17]
  • FLI Marseille;[18]
  • FLI Grand West ;
  • FLI Grand Est;[19]
  • FLI Nord ouest ;
  • FLI Occitan[20]
  • FLI IAM[21]

References

  1. ^ https://www.francelifeimaging.fr/
  2. ^ "France Life Imaging" (in French). Retrieved May 24, 2024..
  3. ^ https://uk.ambafrance.org/Investments-for-the-Future-Programme
  4. ^ CEA (January 3, 2022). "L'institut dans les Infrastructures Nationales en Biologie et Santé" (in French). Retrieved May 24, 2024..
  5. ^ "L'Inserm et le programme d'investissements d'avenir (PIA) · Inserm, La science pour la santé" (in fr-FR). Retrieved May 24, 2024..
  6. ^ "France Life Imaging, réseau coordonné des plateformes françaises de recherche en imagerie médicale"
  7. ^ "FLI — Cat OPIDoR" (in French). Retrieved May 24, 2024.
  8. ^ "FLI – SFNano" (in fr-FR). Retrieved May 24, 2024..
  9. ^ Hôpitaux de Marseille. "Inauguration, IRM ultra haut champ à 7 tesla, Hôpital de la Timone" (in French). Site internet des Hopitaux universitaires/Hopitaux de Marseille.. Retrieved May 24, 2024.
  10. ^ "Plateau TEP/IRM 3T-Clinique – BioMaps" (in fr-FR). Retrieved May 24, 2024..
  11. ^ "Super-Resolution Ultrasound - Olivier Couture (Laboratoire d'Imagerie Biomédicale, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, INSERM) | LIPhy - Université Grenoble Alpes". Retrieved May 24, 2024..
  12. ^ "France Life Imaging"
  13. ^ "FLI Paris Sud — Cat OPIDoR". cat.opidor.fr. Retrieved 2025-04-14.
  14. ^ "FLI Paris Centre — Cat OPIDoR". cat.opidor.fr. Retrieved 2025-04-14.
  15. ^ "FLI Bordeaux — Cat OPIDoR". cat.opidor.fr. Retrieved 2025-04-14.
  16. ^ "FLI Grenoble — Cat OPIDoR". cat.opidor.fr. Retrieved 2025-04-14.
  17. ^ "FLI Lyon — Cat OPIDoR". cat.opidor.fr. Retrieved 2025-04-14.
  18. ^ "FLI Marseille — Cat OPIDoR". cat.opidor.fr. Retrieved 2025-04-14.
  19. ^ "FLI Grand Est — Cat OPIDoR". cat.opidor.fr. Retrieved 2025-04-14.
  20. ^ "FLI Occitan — Cat OPIDoR". cat.opidor.fr. Retrieved 2025-04-14.
  21. ^ "FLI IAM — Cat OPIDoR". cat.opidor.fr. Retrieved 2025-04-14.