Biological imaging
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Biological imaging may refer to any imaging technique used in biology
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Typical examples include:
Biology
Biology is a natural science concerned with the study of life and living organisms, including their structure, function, growth, origin, evolution, distribution, and taxonomy. Biology is a vast subject containing many subdivisions, topics, and disciplines...
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Typical examples include:
- Bioluminescence imagingBioluminescence imagingBioluminescence imaging is a technology developed over the past decade that allows for the noninvasive study of ongoing biological processes in small laboratory animals. Recently, bioluminescence tomography has become possible and several systems have become commercially...
, a technique for studying laboratory animals using luminescent protein - Calcium imagingCalcium imagingCalcium imaging is a scientific technique usually carried out in research which is designed to show the calcium status of a tissue or medium....
, determining the calcium status of a tissue using fluorescent light - Diffuse optical imaging, using near-infrared light to generate images of the body
- Diffusion-weighted imaging, a type of MRI that uses water diffusion
- Fluorescence lifetime imagingFluorescence lifetime imagingFluorescence-lifetime imaging microscopy or FLIM is an imaging technique for producing an image based on the differences in the exponential decay rate of the fluorescence from a fluorescent sample...
, using the decay rate of a fluorescent sample - Gallium imaging, a nuclear medicine method for the detection of infections and cancers
- Imaging agentImaging agentImaging agents are chemicals designed to allow clinicians to determine whether a mass is benign or malignant and locate metastatic cancer sites in the body....
, a chemical designed to allow clinicians to determine whether a mass is benign or malignant - Imaging studies, which includes many medical imaging techniques
- Magnetic resonance imagingMagnetic resonance imagingMagnetic resonance imaging , nuclear magnetic resonance imaging , or magnetic resonance tomography is a medical imaging technique used in radiology to visualize detailed internal structures...
(MRI), a non-invasive method to render images of living tissues - Medical imagingMedical imagingMedical imaging is the technique and process used to create images of the human body for clinical purposes or medical science...
, creating images of the human body or parts of it, to diagnose or examine disease - MicroscopyMicroscopyMicroscopy is the technical field of using microscopes to view samples and objects that cannot be seen with the unaided eye...
, creating images of objects or features too small to be detectable by the naked human eye - Molecular imagingMolecular imagingMolecular imaging originated from the field of radiopharmacology due to the need to better understand the fundamental molecular pathways inside organisms in a noninvasive manner.- Overview :...
, used to study molecular pathways inside organisms - Optical imagingOptical imagingOptical imaging is an imaging technique.Optics usually describes the behavior of visible, ultraviolet, and infrared light used in imaging.Because light is an electromagnetic wave, similar phenomena occur in X-rays, microwaves, radio waves. Chemical imaging or molecular imaging involves inference...
, a technique to allow cognitive neuroscientists to "see" brain activity - Optoacoustic imagingOptoacoustic imagingOptoacoustic imaging is an imaging technology based on the photoacoustic effect, and can be used for obtaining images of structures in turbid environments...
, using the photothermal effectPhotothermal effectPhotothermal effect is a phenomenon associated with electromagnetic radiation. It is produced by the photoexcitation of material, resulting in the production of thermal energy ....
, for the accuracy of spectroscopy with the depth resolution of ultrasound - Photoacoustic Imaging, a technique to detect vascular disease and cancer using non-ionizing laser pulses
- Ultrasound imaging, using very high frequency sound to visualize muscles and internal organs