diagnostic imaging
nounUK /ˌdaɪəɡˈnɒstɪk ˈɪmɪdʒɪŋ/
US /ˌdaɪəɡˈnɑːstɪk ˈɪmɪdʒɪŋ/
Pictures of the inside of your body that doctors take to find out what is wrong.
The doctor used diagnostic imaging to see the broken bone in her arm.
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2. The branch of medicine that uses machines to create pictures of the body's interior.
She works in diagnostic imaging at the city hospital.
3. The process of producing visual representations of internal structures for medical assessment.
Advances in diagnostic imaging have made surgery safer.
4. A hospital department where scans and X-rays are performed.
He was sent to diagnostic imaging for a chest X-ray.