In Vivo Imaging In Auvergne (IVIA)

In the region of Clermont-Ferrand (France), IVIA includes six expert entities in every applicable imaging modality’s of the animal to the human.

• AgroResonance Platform INRA Theix (ISO9001-2015)
• Multimodal Imaging Platform of IMoST UMR1240 INSERM
• 3T MRI platform of CHU Gabriel Montpied
• Experimental Catheterism Laboratory (LCE)

IVIA is certified IBISA since 2018 and is integrated into France Life Imaging infrastructure since 2025.

To bring advices and expertise to academic and industrial projects in the in vivo imaging field.
To acquire, analyse, transfer and save imaging data. 
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IVIA groups cutting-edge equipment’s in several modalities of in vivo imaging:

• MRI : 3T, 4.7T, 9.4T and 11.7T MRI ; Dynamic Nuclear Polarisation
• Nuclear Imaging: SPECT/CT, PET/CT
• Radiology and interventional imaging: Angiography, Echography, TDM
• Optical Imaging : Fluorescence, Bioluminescence, Cerenkov imaging

IVIA offers facilities for animal accomodations.

A sanitary certificate of less than 6 months and the APAFIS authorization number’s are asked for the in vivo imaging.