neuroimaging

noun

neu·​ro·​im·​ag·​ing ˌn(y)u̇r-ō-ˈi-mə-jiŋ How to pronounce neuroimaging (audio)
: a clinical specialty concerned with producing images of the brain by noninvasive techniques (such as computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging)
also : imaging of the brain by these techniques

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Over a period of 10 years, the children in the ABCD study underwent comprehensive neuroimaging, behavioral, developmental and psychiatric assessments. Jen Christensen, CNN, 12 July 2024 Our team at Massachusetts General and Harvard’s Meditation Research Program has begun to integrate advanced meditation into rigorous experimental paradigms using cutting-edge methods such as neuroimaging. Matthew D. Sacchet, Scientific American, 25 June 2024 But even our best neuroimaging technologies can’t see into subjective experiences. Oshan Jarow, Vox, 15 June 2024 To confirm their findings, the researchers conducted a second experiment using neuroimaging to get a closer look at brain activity across the menstrual cycle. Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, Scientific American, 21 Sep. 2023 See all Example Sentences for neuroimaging 

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First Known Use

1981, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of neuroimaging was in 1981

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“Neuroimaging.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/neuroimaging. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.

Medical Definition

neuroimaging

noun
neu·​ro·​im·​ag·​ing ˌn(y)u̇r-ō-ˈim-ə-jiŋ How to pronounce neuroimaging (audio)
: a clinical specialty concerned with producing images of the brain by noninvasive techniques (as computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, and positron-emission tomography)
also : imaging of the brain by these techniques
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