imaging
IPA: ˈɪmɪdʒɪŋ
noun
- The technique or practice of creating images of otherwise invisible aspects of an object, especially of body parts.
- The use of mental images to alter a person's perceptions or behaviors.
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Examples of "imaging" in Sentences
- What we see from brain imaging is really just a reflection of years of behavioral experiments.
- Whether it's a urologic problem, a cardiac procedure or any other procedure that requires what we call imaging for testing.
- “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.
- I think that we absolutely believe there's growth in what we call the imaging and the apparel and those surrounding more discretionary type retail packaging product type of things.
- Scanning for Alzheimer's: The state of the art of brain imaging is not yet ready for prime time when it comes to detecting Alzheimer's disease, but that isn't stopping some intrepid entrepeneurs:
- In a nutshell, brain imaging technology is a highly efficient method of generating money, media coverage, PhDs and professorships - which is why it continues to thrives despite mediocre outcomes.
- As far as I am aware these brain imaging methods have not led to any major scientific (and certainly not medical) breakthroughs - rather they are used in a very 'normal science' kind of way to confirm or incrementally-extend established knowledge.
- I see reference to a new speciality of neuroeconomics which combines economics ideas with brain imaging technology - my cynical reaction is that the scientists are running out of biological ideas and the economists are trying to get into the big grant funding, heavy-citation game of biomedical science.