IMAGING Definition & Meaning

imaging

[im-uh-jing]

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noun

Psychology.��a technique in which one uses mental images to control bodily processes and thus ease pain or to succeed in some endeavor that one has visualized in advance.
Medicine/Medical.��the use of computerized axial tomography, sonography, or other specialized techniques and instruments to obtain pictures of the interior of the body, especially those including soft tissues.

imaging

The creation of visual representations of objects, such as a body parts or celestial bodies, for the purpose of medical diagnosis or data collection, using any of a variety of usually computerized techniques. Within the field of medicine, important imaging technologies include compuertized axial tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, and ultrasonography.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of imaging¹

First recorded in 1660–70, for the earlier sense “imagination”; image + -ing ¹

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She underwent imaging the next day, but the team says the results offered little clarity.

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The Bristol 3D Medical Centre covers the whole of the South West and is believed to be the first in the UK to have 3D imaging and printing all in a single space.

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Stretch therapists don’t diagnose and treat injuries; they don’t provide spinal or joint manipulation, imaging such as X-rays or CT scans or massage.

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When he heard about a supposed job with the French Foreign Legion offering $3,000 a month, he signed up, imaging a future guarding dignitaries or assisting in peacekeeping missions.

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Because HLS MS 172 is in places badly faded, the academics worked not from the original but from pictures obtained using ultraviolet light and spectral imaging.

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imagineering imagism

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