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This article is about the act of making images. For other meanings of the word see imaging (disambiguation).

Imaging is the action or process of producing images, animations, 3D computer graphics or any other spatial representation of a physical object.

Specialized meanings

The word also has many specialized meanings in various disciplines and contexts:

• In photography, digital imaging is the creation of digital images, typically by image scanning or digital photography, and the processing, compression, storage, printing, and display of such images.
• In document management, imaging is the capture and processing of documents in digital form.
• In medicine, medical imaging is the use of radiographs, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, ultrasound and other techniques by which physicians evaluate an area of the subject's body that is not normally visible.
• In microscopy, imaging is the use of electron microscopes, atomic force microscopes, scanning tunneling microscopes and other techniques.

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