magnetography
Magnetography is the practice of producing spatially resolved maps of magnetic fields or magnetization in a material or region of space. It covers measurement, visualization, and interpretation of magnetic phenomena, including imaging of field distributions and mapping of magnetization patterns in samples or external sources. The term is used across physics, materials science, geophysics, and astronomy.
Methods used in magnetography include optical, scanning-probe, bulk, and spectropolarimetric approaches. Optical magnetography relies on magneto-optical
Applications span materials science, geophysics, solar and space physics, and biology where magnetic labeling or external
Limitations include trade-offs between spatial resolution, sensitivity, and acquisition time, as well as issues of probe
See also: magnetometry, magneto-optical imaging, solar magnetography, magnetic domain imaging.