National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

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Preferred Name

Fluorescence Microscopy
Synonyms

fluorescence microscopy

Fluorescence Light Microscopy

FLUORESCENT MICROSCOPY

Fluorescence Microscopy

Microscopy, Light, Fluorescence

Definitions

A technique in which samples that either contain fluorescent compounds or are stained with fluorescent dyes are exposed to a wavelength of light that excites the fluorophore, allowing for an image to be captured by a microscope.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C16856

ALT_DEFINITION

The use of a special microscope to see objects that give off fluorescent light. For example, cells or tissue can be treated with a substance that contains a fluorescent dye. The dye lights up when viewed under a microscope with a special light.

Microscopy of specimens stained with fluorescent dye or naturally fluorescent materials.

code

C16856

Concept_In_Subset

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C66830

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C77526

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C61410

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C85492

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C199644

Contributing_Source

CDISC

DEFINITION

A technique in which samples that either contain fluorescent compounds or are stained with fluorescent dyes are exposed to a wavelength of light that excites the fluorophore, allowing for an image to be captured by a microscope.

FULL_SYN

fluorescence microscopy

Fluorescence Light Microscopy

FLUORESCENT MICROSCOPY

Fluorescence Microscopy

Microscopy, Light, Fluorescence

label

Fluorescence Microscopy

Legacy Concept Name

Fluorescence_Microscopy

Preferred_Name

Fluorescence Microscopy

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C16856

Semantic_Type

Laboratory Procedure

UMLS_CUI

C0026022

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C17995

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