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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun 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 techniques, such as ultrasonography or spectroscopy.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The forming of mental images; expression by means of imagery.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
image . - noun The technique or practice of creating images of otherwise invisible aspects of an object, especially of body parts.
- noun The use of mental images to alter a person's perceptions or behaviors.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (medicine) obtaining pictures of the interior of the body
- noun the ability to form mental images of things or events
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Examples
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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.
Technology that Opens a Window into Babies’ Developing Brains | Impact Lab 2010
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What we see from brain imaging is really just a reflection of years of behavioral experiments.
Interview: Lise Eliot, Ph.D. Author of Pink Brain, Blue Brain 2009
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What we see from brain imaging is really just a reflection of years of behavioral experiments.
Archive 2009-11-01 2009
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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:
Medpundit 2004
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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:
Archive 2004-08-01 2004
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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.
pfblogs.org: The Ad-Free Personal Finance Blogs Aggregator 2009
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Whether it's a urologic problem, a cardiac procedure or any other procedure that requires what we call imaging for testing.
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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.
Major Economic Stories, Updated, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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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.
Major Economic Stories, Updated, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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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.
Major Economic Stories, Updated, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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