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Qualifier English:

diagnostic imaging

Qualifier Spanish:

diagnóstico por imagen

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	diagnóstico por imagen
Scope note:	Usado para la visualización de estructuras anatómicas o para el diagnóstico de enfermedades. Las técnicas de imagen que se usan habitualmente son la radiografía, las técnicas de medicina nuclear, la tomografía computarizada, la resonancia magnética y la ecografía.

Qualifier Portuguese:

diagnóstico por imagem

Qualifier French:

imagerie diagnostique

Entry term(s):

X-ray
X-ray diagnosis
X-ray image
echography
echotomography
radiography
radioisotope scanning
radionuclide imaging
roentgenography
ultrasonic diagnosis
ultrasonography
ultrasound

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/Q000000981

Scope note:

Used for the visualization of an anatomical structure or for the diagnosis of disease. Commonly used imaging techniques include radiography, radionuclide imaging, thermography, tomography, and ultrasonography

Annotation:

subheading only; coordinate with specific imaging technique if pertinent

Allowable Qualifiers:

No qualifiers

History Note:

2017(1967)

Entry Version:

DIAG IMAGE

Abbreviation:

DeCS ID:

56874

Unique ID:

Q000000981

Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL):

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Date Established:

2017/01/01

Date of Entry:

2016/06/29

Revision Date:

2016/06/08

diagnostic imaging - Preferred

Concept UI	M000614856
Scope note	Used for the visualization of an anatomical structure or for the diagnosis of disease. Commonly used imaging techniques include radiography, radionuclide imaging, thermography, tomography, and ultrasonography
Preferred term	diagnostic imaging

ultrasound - Narrower

Concept UI	M0030904
Preferred term	ultrasound

ultrasonography - Narrower

Concept UI	M0030903
Scope note	Used with organs and regions for ultrasonic imaging and with diseases for ultrasonic diagnosis. Does not include ultrasonic therapy.
Preferred term	ultrasonography
Entry term(s)	echography echotomography ultrasonic diagnosis

radionuclide imaging - Narrower

Concept UI	M0030734
Scope note	Used for radionuclide imaging of any anatomical structure, or for the diagnosis of disease.
Preferred term	radionuclide imaging
Entry term(s)	radioisotope scanning

radiography - Narrower

Concept UI	M0030733
Scope note	Used with organs, regions, and diseases for x-ray examinations.
Preferred term	radiography
Entry term(s)	X-ray X-ray diagnosis X-ray image roentgenography

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