Imaging as applied to the health science field includes a variety of methods for obtaining pictures or images of the human body or other objects. These methods include: X-ray, Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), Ulrasound, Optical, Molecular, Chemical, Fluorescence, Optoacoustic, Gallium, Diffuse optical, Photoacoustic and Bioluminescence, just to name a few. Most people recognize the are of X-ray or radiology as a common practice in today’s medicine.
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