Imaging

n. forming of mental images to control bodily processes (Psychology); photographing of the interior of the body by means of certain techniques and instruments (Medicine)

v. imagine; draw a likeness; describe; reflect; picture in the mind

Imaging may refer to: In medicine and biology:Medical imaging, creating images of the human body or parts of it, to diagnose or examine diseaseMagnetic resonance imaging (MRI), a non-invasive method to render images of living tissuesUltrasound imaging, using very high frequency sound to visualize muscles and internal organsOptical imaging, a technique to allow cognitive neuroscientists to "see" brain activityMolecular imaging, used to study molecular pathways inside organismsImaging agent, a chemical designed to allow clinicians to determine whether a mass is benign or malignant Fluorescence lifetime imaging, using the decay rate of a fluorescent sampleOptoacoustic imaging, using the photothermal effect, for the accuracy of spectroscopy with the depth resolution of ultrasoundGallium imaging, a nuclear medicine method for the detection of infections and cancersDiffuse optical imaging, using near-infrared light to generate images of the bodyPhotoacoustic Imaging, a technique to detect vascular disease and cancer using a near-infrared laser Calcium imaging, determining the calcium status of a tissue using fluorescent lightDiffusion-weighted imaging, a type of MRI that uses water diffusionBioluminescence imaging, a technique for studying laboratory animals using luminescent proteinImaging studies, which includes many medical imaging techniques
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Imaging /imag·ing/ the production of diagnostic images, e.g., radiography, ultrasonography, or scintillation photography. [more]Imaging - Community and Resources

Noun
1. the ability to form mental images of things or events; "he could still hear her in his imagination"
(synonym) imagination, imagery, mental imagery
(hypernym) representational process
(hyponym) mind's eye
(derivation) visualize, visualise, envision, project, fancy, see, figure, picture, image
2. (medicine) obtaining pictures of the interior of the body
(synonym) tomography
(hypernym) pictorial representation, picturing
(hyponym) X-raying, X-radiation
(classification) medicine, medical specialty

Noun
1. an iconic mental representation; "her imagination forced images upon her too awful to contemplate"
(synonym) mental image
(hypernym) representation, mental representation, internal representation
(hyponym) imagination image, thought-image
(derivation) visualize, visualise, envision, project, fancy, see, figure, picture
2. a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface; "they showed us the pictures of their wedding"; "a movie is a series of images projected so rapidly that the eye integrates them"
(synonym) picture, icon, ikon
(hypernym) representation
(hyponym) bitmap, electronic image
(derivation) visualize, visualise, envision, project, fancy, see, figure, picture
3. (Jungian psychology) a personal facade that one presents to the world; "a public image is as fragile as Humpty Dumpty"
(synonym) persona
(hypernym) appearance, visual aspect
(classification) Jung, Carl Jung, Carl Gustav Jung
4. a standard or typical example; "he is the prototype of good breeding"; "he provided America with an image of the good father"
(synonym) prototype, paradigm, epitome
(hypernym) model, example
(hyponym) concentrate
5. language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
(synonym) trope, figure of speech, figure
(hypernym) rhetorical device
(hyponym) irony
(class) lens
(class) blind alley
6. someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor); "he could be Gingrich's double"; "she's the very image of her mother"
(synonym) double, look-alike
(hypernym) person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul
(hyponym) ringer, dead ringer, clone
7. a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture); "the coin bears an effigy of Lincoln"; "the emperor's tomb had his image carved in stone"
(synonym) effigy, simulacrum
(hypernym) representation
(hyponym) Guy
(derivation) visualize, visualise, envision, project, fancy, see, figure, picture
Verb
1. imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind; "I can't see him on horseback!"; "I can see what will happen"; "I can see a risk in this strategy"
(synonym) visualize, visualise, envision, project, fancy, see, figure, picture
(hypernym) imagine, conceive of, ideate, envisage
(verb-group) understand, realize, realise, see
(derivation) mental image

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