Imaging

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

Imaging methodologies and technologies

• Chemical imaging, the simultaneous measurement of spectra and pictures
• Digital imaging, creating digital images, generally by scanning or through digital photography
• Disk image, a file which contains the exact content of a data storage medium
• Document imaging, replicating documents commonly used in business
• Geophysical imaging
• Industrial process imaging
• Medical imaging, creating images of the human body or parts of it, to diagnose or examine disease
  • Medical optical imaging
  • Magnetic resonance imaging
• Molecular 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
• Tactile Imaging

Proper names

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

See also

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