Biological imaging may refer to any imaging technique used in biology. Typical examples include:
Bioluminescence imaging, a technique for studying laboratory animals using luminescent protein
Calcium imaging, determining the calcium status of a tissue using fluorescent light
Diffuse optical imaging, using near-infrared light to generate images of the body
Diffusion-weighted imaging, a type of MRI that uses water diffusion
Fluorescence lifetime imaging, using the decay rate of a fluorescent sample
Gallium imaging, a nuclear medicine method for the detection of infections and cancers
Imaging agent, a chemical designed to allow clinicians to determine whether a mass is benign or malignant
Imaging studies, which includes many medical imaging techniques
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), a non-invasive method to render images of living tissues
Medical imaging, creating images of the human body or parts of it, to diagnose or examine disease
Microscopy, creating images of objects or features too small to be detectable by the naked human eye
Molecular imaging, used to study molecular pathways inside organisms
Non-contact thermography, is the field of thermography that derives diagnostic indications from infrared images of the human body.
Nuclear medicine, uses administered radioactive substances to create images of internal organs and their function.
Optical imaging, using light as an investigational tool for biological research and medical diagnosis
Optoacoustic imaging, using the photothermal effect, for the accuracy of spectroscopy with the depth resolution of ultrasound
Photoacoustic Imaging, a technique to detect vascular disease and cancer using non-ionizing laser pulses
Ultrasound imaging, using very high frequency sound to visualize muscles and internal organs
