Imaging is the representation or reproduction of an object's outward 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
- Medical imaging, creating images of the human body or parts of it, to diagnose or examine disease
- 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
Proper names
- Imaging for Windows, a software product for scanning paper documents
See also
- Image processing
- Imaging technology (disambiguation)
- Imaging science, which includes many fields of science
- Remote sensing, imaging the Earth or a planet from space or aircraft