Concept information
Preferred term
diagnostic imaging
Definition
- Diagnostic imaging is the use of X-ray, ultrasound, radioactive isotopes, or magnetic resonance to generate graphical images of the inside of the human body for diagnostic purposes. More than 90 percent of all imaging can be performed using basic X-ray equipment and/or simple ultrasound machines. [Source: Encyclopedia of Global Health; Diagnostic Imaging]
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
- cardiac imaging techniques
- computer-assisted image interpretation
- magnetic resonance imaging
- microscopy
- molecular imaging
- near-infrared spectroscopy
- neuroimaging
- optical imaging
- photography
- radionuclide imaging
- respiratory-gated imaging techniques
- stroboscopy
- subtraction technique
- terahertz imaging
- thermography
- three-dimensional imaging
- tomography
- ultrasonography
- voltage-sensitive dye imaging
- whole body imaging
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URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-B05S6522-1
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