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Descriptor English: Artifacts
Descriptor Spanish: Artefactos
Descriptor artefactos
Scope note: Cualquier resultado visible de un proceso, causado por el propio proceso y no por la entidad que está siendo analizada. Ejemplos comunes son las estructuras histológicas que aparecen durante el procesado de tejido, imágenes radiográficas de estructuras que no están presentes de forma natural en los tejidos vivos, y productos de reacciones químicas que tienen lugar durante el análisis.
Descriptor Portuguese: Artefatos
Descriptor French: Artéfacts
Entry term(s): Artefact
Artefacts
Artifact
Tree number(s): E05.047
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D016477
Scope note: Any visible result of a procedure which is caused by the procedure itself and not by the entity being analyzed. Common examples include histological structures introduced by tissue processing, radiographic images of structures that are not naturally present in living tissue, and products of chemical reactions that occur during analysis.
Annotation: restrict to histology, microscopy, radiography, ECG; EEG & other procedures: not for products of human workmanship in arts & crafts; coordinate with specific procedure
Allowable Qualifiers: No qualifiers
Public MeSH Note: 92
History Note: 92
DeCS ID: 30248
Unique ID: D016477
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Date Established: 1992/01/01
Date of Entry: 1991/01/02
Revision Date: 2016/07/07
Artifacts - Preferred
Concept UI M0025163
Scope note Any visible result of a procedure which is caused by the procedure itself and not by the entity being analyzed. Common examples include histological structures introduced by tissue processing, radiographic images of structures that are not naturally present in living tissue, and products of chemical reactions that occur during analysis.
Preferred term Artifacts
Entry term(s) Artefact
Artefacts
Artifact



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