Definition of "imaging" []

• The 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 usually computerized techniques, such as ultrasonography or spectroscopy. (noun)
• Psychology The use of mental images to influence bodily processes and to control pain, or to achieve a goal that one has visualized or imagined. (noun)

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• "“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."
• "What we see from brain imaging is really just a reflection of years of behavioral experiments."
• "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:"