Imaging Phantom

Preferred Label : Imaging Phantom;

NCIt synonyms : Phantom;

NCIt related terms : Imaging Phantoms;

NCIt definition : Imaging Phantoms are used for the assessment of image quality. Within these functional categories phantoms can be further defined. (1) Body Phantoms: have the shape and composition of the human body or part of it. They are also referred to as anthropomorphic phantoms. (2) Phantoms that are used for standardization and inter-comparison of various radiation conditions are often referred to as Standards. (3) Reference Phantoms include phantoms used to derive radiation dose calculations, mineral density equivalences or other similar type measurements. They can further be defined by their intended modality such as Ultrasound, Mammography, Computed Tomography (CT), etc.;

Details

Origin ID

C17892;

UMLS CUI

C0282611;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Phantom (physical object) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Phantoms [ICD-11 Extension code]
- ghost [Radlex concept]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- phantoms, imaging [MeSH Descriptor]
- phantoms, imaging [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Manufactured Object [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Phantom (physical object) [SNOMED CT concept]
- phantoms, imaging [MeSH concept]
- phantoms, imaging [MeSH Descriptor]
concept_is_in_subset
- CTRP Intervention Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CTRP Terminology [NCIt concept]

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