Photoplethysmography

Preferred Label : Photoplethysmography;

NCIt synonyms : PPG;

NCIt definition : An optical technique used to detect volumetric changes in blood in peripheral circulation. Using low-intensity infrared light, changes in blood flow can be detected as changes in the intensity of light, with the signal being proportional to the quantity of blood flowing through the blood vessels.;

Details

Origin ID

C198843;

UMLS CUI

C0162599;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Serglycin [OMIM gene]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Photoplethysmography (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- photoplethysmography [MeSH Descriptor]
- photoplethysmography [MeSH concept]
- photoplethysmography, nos [SNOMED Notion]
Semantic type(s)
- Diagnostic Procedure [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Light reflection rheography (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Photoplethysmography (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- photoplethysmography [MeSH Descriptor]
- photoplethysmography [MeSH concept]
- photoplethysmography, nos [SNOMED Notion]
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- CTRP Intervention Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CTRP Terminology [NCIt concept]

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