1. (medicine) obtaining pictures of the interior of the body
   "The CT scan used imaging to create detailed images of her brain";
   - tomography
    
2. The ability to form mental images of things or events
   "His vivid imaging ability helped him excel as an artist";
   - imagination, imagery, mental imagery

1. Render visible, as by means of MRI
   "The radiologist imaged the patient's brain"
    
2. Imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind
   "He could image the perfect ending to his novel";
   - visualize, visualise [Brit], envision, project, fancy, see, figure, picture

Derived forms: imagings

Type of: conceive of, envisage, ideate [informal], imagine, pictorial representation, picturing, representational process, visualise [Brit], visualize

Encyclopedia: Imaging, three-dimensional