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Home Dictionary Name: imagemagnetic resonance imaging
a medical diagnostic procedure utilizing the phenomenon of nuclear magnetic resonance to generate images of internal parts of the body It depends on the differential absorption of electromagnetic radiation by different types of living tissue in a magnetic field It is complementary to X ray imaging in that the softer tissue show more prominently in magnetic resonance images rather than bone as with X rays It is a non invasive procedure allowing such images to be obtained without penetration of the tissue by objects It is abbreviated MRI As with computerized tomography the results are usually presented as images of sequential planar sections of that part of the body of concern to the physician...
Imageable
That may be imaged...
Imager
One who images or forms likenesses a sculptor...
Images
Images. See ORNAMENTS RUBRIC....
Record
Record, a memorial or remembrance; an authentic testimony in writing contained in rolls of parchment, and preserved in a Court of record. The public records of the kingdom are placed under the superintendence of the Master of the Rolls, and a Record Office established by the (English) Public Record Office Act, 1838 (1 & 2 Vict. c. 94). The (English) Public Record Office (commonly called the Rolls Office) is a large building in Chancery Lane, London, and was opened in 1902.There are three kinds of records, viz.: (1) judicial, as an attainder; (2) ministerial, on oath, being an office or inquisition found; (3) by way of conveyance, as a deed enrolled. As to ancient public records generally, see Hubback on Succession, pp. 607 et seq.The Record Offices of the Supreme Court are now merged in the Central Office there. See (English) R.S.C. Ord. LXI.Also the general name given to (a) pleadings and subsequent orders and recorded matters in an action (by R. S. C. 1883, Ord. XXXVI. R. 30, the par...
lossy compression
The compression of binary data into a form which when it is re expanded has most but not all of the original information It is used primarily for compression of images and sounds and is designed to provide a high degree of compression at the cost of a slight loss of data It is expemplified by the JPEG compression standard Images compressed by a lossy compression algorithm are re expanded into an image close but not identical to the original image the difference between the original and the reconstructed image may be imperceptible to normal viewing by the eye...
Identikit
A set of images containing a wide variety of facial features such as noses hairlines chins etc on transparencies which can be overlayed in combinations to build up a picture of a person it is used by police agencies to create concrete images of a crime suspect from the descriptions of witnesses the image created with the kit is also called an Identikit or more properly an Identikit picture...
VerbarIdolum
Appearance or image a phantasm a spectral image also a mental image or idea...
laser printer
A printer controlled by a computer using a laser beam to produce images in a fine dot matrix pattern of charge on an electrostatic drum to which fine particles of ink are subsequently caused to adhere and the image of which is subsequently transferred to paper or another type of material in sheet form It is capable of high speed production of images with a higher resolution than those from dot matrix impact printers...
Broadcast
Broadcast, means communication to the public--(i) by any means of wireless diffusion, whether in any one or more of the forms of signs, sounds or visual images; or (ii)by wire, and includes a re-broadcast. [Copyright Act, 1957 (14 of 1957), s. 2 (dd)]Means a transmission by wireless telegraphy of visual images, sounds or other information which is capable of being lawfully received by members of the general public, or is transmitted for presentation to members of the general public, Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 6, 4th Edn., Para 203, p. 64.Means a transmission by wireless telegraphy of visual images, sounds or other information which is capable of being lawfully received by members of the public or is transmitted for presentation to members of the public and reference to broadcasting are to be construed accordingly, Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 9(2), 4th Edn., Para 89, p. 74....
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