Thermography - CISMeF

Preferred Label : Thermography;

NCIt definition : A diagnostic technique using a thermograph to record the heat produced by different parts of the body. It can be used to study blood flow and to detect tumors.;

Alternative definition : NCI-GLOSS: In medicine, a procedure in which a heat-sensing infrared camera is used to record the surface heat produced by different parts of the body. Abnormal tissue growth can cause temperature changes, which may show up on the thermogram. Thermography may be used to diagnose breast cancer and other tumors.;

Codes from synonyms : CDR0000335082;

Details

Origin ID

C17194;

UMLS CUI

C0039810;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Thermograph [DeCS]
- thermographer [Blood Transfusion thesaurus concept]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Thermography [ACR pathology]
- Thermography [ICD-9 code]
- Thermography [MedDRA LLT]
- thermography [CISMeF resources Type]
- thermography [MeSH Descriptor]
- thermography [MeSH concept]
- thermography, nos [SNOMED Notion]
False automatic mappings
- Thermography (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Diagnostic Procedure [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Thermogram [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Thermography [ICD-9 code]
- Thermography [ACR pathology]
- Thermography [MedDRA LLT]
- Thermography (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Thermography imaging - action (qualifier value) [SNOMED CT concept]
- thermography [CISMeF resources Type]
- thermography [MeSH Descriptor]
- thermography [MeSH concept]
- thermography, nos [SNOMED Notion]

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