This group concerns itself with cellular and tissue imagery/spectroscopy for diagnostic purposes. Its members come not only from CNRS, INSERM, university and C.E.A. laboratories, but also—and more importantly—from ten hospital units, mostly in France. The involvement of hospital practitioners is essential to orient and guide reflection and to ensure the direct medical pertinence of projects. These projects involve the development of molecular and morphological cell and biopsy imaging techniques that benefit from the brilliance, micrometric size, and chemical selectivity of synchrotron techniques.
The Cellular and Tissue Imagery group manager is Jean Doucet.