The Joint programme of activities is based on:

• Integration activities: Sharing facilities and equipments : the Molecular Imaging Training Centres; Exchange and mobility of personnel; Integration of SMEs in the EMIL network.

• A joint programme of research activities with two dimensions for integration HORIZONTAL integration = tools for molecular imaging of cancer (Imaging technology ; Imaging probes ; Animal engineering) and VERTICAL integration = cancer imaging applications (Early diagnostic imaging; Follow-up of guided therapies; Imaging drug development).

• Dissemination activities: Training and Education; Communication; Management of common knowledge and Intellectual Property Rights.

EMIL will reach durable integration into the European Research Area through intellectual excellence, strong and durable cooperation with SMEs, Education activities, scientific management, and a research programme based on existing tools and ambitious objectives:

• assemble the critical mass necessary for international leadership, 
• bridge gaps in the innovation system
• raise health expectancies of the European population to the highest levels.