Can .ajax method be used to get an image?

Can .ajax method be used to get an image?

I need to have the ability to cancel an image get request.
The load method has no cancel or abort method.
unbind('load') does not seem to actually cancel the process.

In order to have the xhr so that I can call an abort method I was told .ajax would be necessary.

But, I have not found a sample of how to use .ajax with datatype = image.

Can I just ignore the datatype?

Or, is there a different method for handling type type of problem.

Using the attr('src') type approach is not appropriate in my situation.

Thanks in advance for any clues.