Imaging

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  • noun. Visual representation of an object, such as a body part or celestial body, for the purpose of medical diagnosis or data collection, using any of a variety of techniques, such as ultrasonography or spectroscopy.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The forming of mental images; expression by means of imagery.
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  • verb. Present participle of image.
  • noun. The technique or practice of creating images of otherwise invisible aspects of an object, especially of body parts.
  • noun. The use of mental images to alter a person's perceptions or behaviors.
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  • noun. (medicine) obtaining pictures of the interior of the body
  • noun. the ability to form mental images of things or events
  • Word Usage
    "“The enemy for any kind of imaging, especially brain imaging, is movement,” says Sylvain Baillet, director of the MEG program at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee."
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    CT  X-ray  analysis  detection  diagnosis  
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    image