| ISA | NONINVASIVE-DIAGNOSTIC-TEST |
| ANCESTORS | ALL DIAGNOSTIC-PROCEDURE EVENT HEALTH-SERVE MEDICAL-SERVE NONINVASIVE-DIAGNOSTIC-TEST PROFESSIONAL-SERVICE-EVENT SERVICE-EVENT SOCIAL-EVENT WORK-ACTIVITY |
| RELATIONS | AFFECTS-BODY-PART : BREAST |
| transillumination | term type: main entry term part of speech: noun number: singular reliability code: 10 definition: diagnostic procedure in which a strong, cold beam of light is focused on the breast in a darkened room. An infrared camera shows on a screen differences that distinguish a solid tumor from a cyst. This is a diagnostic procedure for breast cancer. (en) |
| light scanning | definition: see transillumination. (en) term type: synonym part of speech: noun number: singular reliability code: 10 |
| diaphanography | definition: see transillumination. (en) term type: synonym part of speech: noun number: singular reliability code: 10 |
| transiluminación | term type: main entry term part of speech: noun gender: feminine number: singular reliability code: 10 definition: paso de luz a través de los tejidos corporales, especialmente los senos, con fines diagnósticos. Una cámera infrarroja permite distinguir entre un quiste lleno de líquido y un tumor sólido. Sin embargo, no se pueden detectar tumores muy pequeños. Este procedimiento se utiliza en el diagnóstico del cáncer de mama. (es) |
| diafanoscopia | definition: ver transiluminación. (es) term type: synonym part of speech: noun gender: feminine number: singular reliability code: 10 |