Imaging

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Imaging is the representation or reproduction of an object's outward form; especially a visual representation (i.e., the formation of an image).

[edit] Imaging methodologies and technologies

• Chemical imaging, the simultaneous measurement of spectra and pictures
• Creation of a disk image, a file which contains the exact content of a non-volatile computer data storage medium. See also disk cloning
• Digital imaging, creating digital images, generally by scanning, or through digital photography
• Document imaging, replicating documents commonly used in business
• Geophysical imaging
• Medical imaging, creating images of the human body or parts of it, to diagnose or examine disease
  • Magnetic resonance imaging
• Molecular imaging
• Optical imaging
• Personal imaging, real-time sharing of personal experience through images
• Radar imaging, or imaging radar, for obtaining an image of an object, not just its location and speed
• Reprography, reproduction of graphics through electrical and mechanical means
  • Cinematography
  • Photography, the process of creating still images
  • Xerography, the method of photocopying
• Speckle imaging, a method of shift-and-add for astronomical imaging
• Stereo imaging, an aspect of sound recording and reproduction concerning spatial locations of the performers
• Thermography, infrared imaging

[edit] Proper names

• Imaging for Windows, a software product for scanning paper documents

[edit] See also

• Image processing
• Imaging technology
• Imaging science, which includes many fields of science
• Remote sensing, imaging the Earth or a planet from space or aircraft

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