Medical imaging refers to the application of imaging techniques and devices to living things.
Medical imaging may be "clinical", seeking to diagnose and examine disease in specific human patients (see pathology). Alternatively, it may be research-motivated, attempting to understand processes in humans or animal models.
Medical imaging techniques include, among others:
- radiography
- fluoroscopy
- computed axial tomography (CT)
- ultrasound
- magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
- nuclear medicine, and
- positron emission tomography
- elastography
- opto acoustic imaging
- positron emission tomography
- diffuse optical tomography
See also:
- Medical test
- Medical examination