X-rays, MRI’s and CT scans are all ____ tools.

noun

1. The action or process of using specialized techniques (such as ultrasound, tomography, or radiography) to produce an image of something that is not visible to the naked eye (such as internal bodily organs or the Earth's subsurface)

   "Brain imaging of patients with vascular dementia typically show small strokes or poor blood supply deep in the brain, at the natural terminal … of the blood vessel."

2. the action or process of using specialized techniques (such as ultrasound, tomography, or radiography) to produce an image of something that is not visible to the naked eye (such as internal bodily organs or the Earth's subsurface) —often used before another noun

verb

1. To create a representation of
2. To represent symbolically
3. To call up a mental picture of imagine
4. To describe or portray in language especially in a vivid manner
5. Reflect, mirror
6. To make appear project
7. To make a disk image of

   "Many computer forensics programs now include the option of imaging a suspect drive."

noun

1. Magnetic resonance imaging used to detect physical changes (as of blood flow) in the brain resulting from increased neuronal activity

noun

1. A noninvasive diagnostic technique that produces computerized images of internal body tissues and is based on nuclear magnetic resonance of atoms within the body induced by the application of radio waves