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Descriptor English: Densitometry
Descriptor Spanish: Densitometría
Descriptor densitometría
Scope note: Determinación de la densidad de un material merced a la medición de la cantidad de luz o radiación que pasa a través del mismo o es absorbida por él.
Descriptor Portuguese: Densitometria
Descriptor French: Densitométrie
Entry term(s): Densitometries
Tree number(s): E05.196.712.224
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003720
Scope note: The measurement of the density of a material by measuring the amount of light or radiation passing through (or absorbed by) the material.
Annotation: TOMODENSITOMETRY see TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED is also available
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
MT methods
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
VE veterinary
Public MeSH Note: 67
History Note: 67(64)
DeCS ID: 3732
Unique ID: D003720
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Date Established: 1967/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2007/07/09
Densitometry - Preferred
Concept UI M0005837
Scope note The measurement of the density of a material by measuring the amount of light or radiation passing through (or absorbed by) the material.
Preferred term Densitometry
Entry term(s) Densitometries



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