Lexic.us

Definition of Imaging

1. Noun. The ability to form mental images of things or events. "He could still hear her in his imagination"

2. Noun. (medicine) obtaining pictures of the interior of the body.

Definition of Imaging

1. Verb. (present participle of image) ¹

2. Noun. The technique or practice of creating images of otherwise invisible aspects of an object, especially of body parts. ¹

3. Noun. The use of mental images to alter a person's perceptions or behaviors. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Imaging

1. the process of producing an image [n -S]

Medical Definition of Imaging

1. Radiological production of a clinical image using X-rays, ultrasound, computed tomography, magnetic resonance, radionuclide scanning, thermography, etc.; especially, cross-sectional imaging, such as ultrasonography, CT, or MRI. Origin: see image (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Imaging

imaginate imagination imagination image imaginational imaginationalism imaginations imaginative imaginative comparison imaginatively imaginativeness

imagine imagined imaginer imaginers imagines imaging (current term) imaging agents imaging department imagings imagining

imaginings imaginist imaginists imaginitis imaginous imagins imagism imagisms imagist imagistic

Literary usage of Imaging

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Beneficial Uses and Production of Isotopes: 2000 Update by Nea, OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (2000)
"In nuclear medicine imaging for diagnosis of common diseases, ... 2.7.7 Nuclear diagnostic imaging Nuclear medicine diagnostic imaging is a unique technique ..."

2. Quality Determinants Of Mammography: Clinical Practice Guideline by Lawrence W. Bassett, R. Edward Hendrick (2004)
"(B) OPTION: Magnetic resonance imaging of the breast may be useful as a ... (B) Magnetic resonance imaging as a screening tool for breast cancer has not ..."

3. The Backup Book: Disaster Recovery from Desktop to Data Center by Dorian J. Cougias, E. L. Heiberger, Karsten Koop (2003)
"Image creation Where your imaging application stores your disk images is just as important as the feature set included in imaging. For the future of imaging ..."

4. Small Business Innovation Research: Program Solicitation (1993)
"This topic is limited to advanced geophysical imaging as it provides new and ... This topic is restricted to generic innovations in geophysical imaging that ..."

5. Health Care Technology And Its Assessment In Eight Countries edited by H. David Banta (2004)
"MEDICAL imaging (CT AND MRI) I Computed Tomography (CT) In general, the field of diagnostic imaging has not been the subject of specific policymaking in ..."

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