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Descriptor English: Whole Body Imaging
Descriptor Spanish: Imagen de Cuerpo Entero
Descriptor imágenes del cuerpo entero
Entry term(s) escaneo de cuerpo entero
Scope note: Creación de una imagen del interior de todo el cuerpo de una persona o un animal con fines de evaluación diagnóstica. Generalmente esta imagen se obtiene merced a técnicas de RESONANCIA MAGNÉTICA o TOMOGRAFÍA POR EMISIÓN DE POSITRONES.
Descriptor Portuguese: Imagem Corporal Total
Descriptor French: Imagerie du corps entier
Entry term(s): Imaging, Whole Body
Imagings, Whole Body
Scan, Whole Body
Scans, Whole Body
Screening, Whole Body
Screenings, Whole Body
Whole Body Imagings
Whole Body Scan
Whole Body Scanning
Whole Body Screening
Whole Body Screenings
Tree number(s): E01.370.350.925
E05.979
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D051598
Scope note: The creation of a visual display of the inside of the entire body of a human or animal for the purposes of diagnostic evaluation. This is most commonly achieved by using MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; or POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY.
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
MO mortality
MT methods
NU nursing
PX psychology
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
VE veterinary
Public MeSH Note: 2006
History Note: 2006
DeCS ID: 51210
Unique ID: D051598
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2006/01/01
Date of Entry: 2005/06/30
Whole Body Imaging - Preferred
Concept UI M0481092
Scope note The creation of a visual display of the inside of the entire body of a human or animal for the purposes of diagnostic evaluation. This is most commonly achieved by using MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; or POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY.
Preferred term Whole Body Imaging
Entry term(s) Imaging, Whole Body
Imagings, Whole Body
Scan, Whole Body
Scans, Whole Body
Whole Body Imagings
Whole Body Scan
Whole Body Scanning
Whole Body Screening - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0481093
Preferred term Whole Body Screening
Entry term(s) Screening, Whole Body
Screenings, Whole Body
Whole Body Screenings



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