optical imaging

Preferred Label : optical imaging;

MeSH definition : The use of light interaction (scattering, absorption, and fluorescence) with biological tissue to obtain morphologically based information. It includes measuring inherent tissue optical properties such as scattering, absorption, and autofluorescence; or optical properties of exogenous targeted fluorescent molecular probes such as those used in optical MOLECULAR IMAGING, or nontargeted optical CONTRAST AGENTS.;

MeSH synonym : imaging, optical;

MeSH hyponym : autofluorescence imaging; fluorescence imaging; Imaging, Fluorescence; Imaging, Autofluorescence; Autofluorescence Imaging, Fundus; Fundus Autofluorescence Imagings; Imaging, Fundus Autofluorescence;

Details

Origin ID

D061848;

UMLS CUI

C3494219;

Allowable qualifiers
- adverse effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- classification [MeSH Qualifier]
- contraindications [MeSH Qualifier]
- economics [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethics [MeSH Qualifier]
- history [MeSH Qualifier]
- instrumentation [MeSH Qualifier]
- methods [MeSH Qualifier]
- mortality [MeSH Qualifier]
- nursing [MeSH Qualifier]
- psychology [MeSH Qualifier]
- standards [MeSH Qualifier]
- statistics and numerical data [MeSH Qualifier]
- trends [MeSH Qualifier]
- veterinary [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Fluorescence Imaging [NCIt concept]
- Fluorescence imaging (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Fundus Autofluorescence Imaging [NCIt concept]
Record concept(s)
- Fundus Autofluorescence Imaging [MeSH concept]
- autofluorescence imaging [MeSH concept]
- fluorescence imaging [MeSH concept]
- optical imaging [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Diagnostic Procedure [UMLS semantic type]

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