imaging

American  

[im-uh-jing] / ˈɪm ə dʒɪŋ /

noun

1. 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.

2. 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.

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imaging Scientific  

/ ĭm′ĭ-jĭng /

1. 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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Etymology

Origin of imaging

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

Example Sentences

How the Age 25 Brain Myth Started The focus on 25 traces back to brain imaging studies conducted in the late 1990s and early 2000s.

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"It could also help advance personalized treatment options by allowing doctors to monitor a patient's biomarker levels daily or weekly to assess drug efficacy, rather than waiting months for imaging results."

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To pinpoint the culprit, the team used an imaging based screening approach to systematically examine all known and predicted human nucleases.

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To better understand what was happening in the brain, the researchers used brain imaging.

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Using advanced 3D imaging, the team observed that tumor promoting fibroblasts known as myCAFs release chemical signals that attract nearby nerve fibers.

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