voxel
noun
vox·el
| \ ˈväk-səl
, -ËŒsel\
, -ËŒsel\
Definition of voxel
: any of the discrete elements comprising a three-dimensional entity (such as an image produced by magnetic resonance imaging)
MRI produces the best resolution of any existing scanning technology, imaging down to a 2-millimetre "voxel" (the 3D equivalent of a pixel).— Clint Witchalls To process the MRI data, a computer overlaid on Pickens' brain a virtual three-dimensional grid of 50,000 cubes called voxels (a word hinting at volume and pixels).— Christopher Helman
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The development of a technique called multi-voxel pattern analysis (MVPA) has catalysed this revolution. — Helen Shen, Scientific American, "Portrait of a Memory," 14 Mar. 2018 Three-dimensional images are measured in voxels, a bit like computer images that are measured in pixels. — Andrew Wagner, Science | AAAS, "Watch a supercomputer design a radical new wing for airplanes," 4 Oct. 2017 Robots assemble and reassemble the building blocks, or voxels, based on a digital blueprint. — Alex Palmer, Smithsonian, "Have We Been Building Chairs All Wrong?," 14 Oct. 2017 Instead of pure pixels, think of them with volume—height, length and depth—turning them into voxels. — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, "How Intel Creates Pop-Up 360-Replays for the Final Four," 3 Apr. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'voxel.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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