NCIt definition : The use of light in ultraviolet, visible, or infrared wavelengths to determine the
physical, chemical or structural properties of materials.;
Alternative definition : NCI-GLOSS: In medicine, a technique that uses low power light, fiberoptic instruments,
and detectors to examine tissue. It is being studied as a way to identify differences
between normal cells and cells that may become cancer, and as a way to identify cancer
cells that remain in the edges of tumor tissue removed from a patient.;
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping