imaging

/ˈɪmɪdʒɪŋ/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈɪmɪdʒɪŋ/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈi-mi-jiŋ/ (ame, mw)

imaging — noun

1. the work of making detailed pictures of something — often a person's body or a f

1.名詞C1
釋義

the work of making detailed pictures of something — often a person's body or a faraway object — by using computers, scanners, or special equipment such as ultrasound, X-rays, or satellites.

例句

The hospital bought new imaging equipment to spot heart problems earlier.

noun + noun: imaging equipment

Doctors used medical imaging to check the bones in Rafael's broken wrist.

collocation: medical imaging

同義詞
  • scanning

    more general; covers the act of running a scanner over something, even when no image is produced

  • radiography

    narrower; refers specifically to X-ray-based medical imaging

  • tomography

    narrower; refers to imaging that builds cross-section pictures, as in CT or PET scans

文法句型

medical imaging

digital imaging

[adjective] imaging

用法筆記

Frequently appears as the second word in a noun-noun compound naming the technique or its target — 'medical imaging', 'satellite imaging', 'brain imaging', 'thermal imaging'. The modifier carries most of the meaning; on its own, 'imaging' rarely appears outside technical or medical contexts.

常見錯誤

❌I took an imaging of my knee.
✅I had an MRI scan of my knee.
💡'imaging' names the whole technique, not a single picture; the picture itself is called a scan or image.
❌The artist does imaging on her phone.
✅The artist edits images on her phone.
💡for everyday photo work, prefer 'edit images' or 'photo editing'; 'imaging' is reserved for medical and technical uses.