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Preferred Name

Light-Scattering Spectroscopy
Synonyms

Light-Scattering Spectroscopy

LIGHT SCATTERING SPECTROSCOPY

LiSSP

Definitions

The nuclei of precancerous lesions are distinct in that they become enlarged, crowded and hyperchromatic. Light-scattering spectroscopy can diagnose early epithelial cancers based on the scattering of light through their enlarged nuclei. (from Medscape)

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C20059

ALT_DEFINITION

A type of spectroscopy that measures power spectral density of surface morphology by exploiting the tendency of light to disperse into a range of directions as a result of physical interaction.

code

C20059

Concept_In_Subset

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

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

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C116977

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C118169

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

Contributing_Source

CDISC

CTRP

DEFINITION

The nuclei of precancerous lesions are distinct in that they become enlarged, crowded and hyperchromatic. Light-scattering spectroscopy can diagnose early epithelial cancers based on the scattering of light through their enlarged nuclei. (from Medscape)

Display_Name

Light-Scattering Spectroscopy

FULL_SYN

Light-Scattering Spectroscopy

LIGHT SCATTERING SPECTROSCOPY

LiSSP

label

Light-Scattering Spectroscopy

Legacy Concept Name

Light-Scattering_Spectroscopy

Preferred_Name

Light-Scattering Spectroscopy

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C20059

Semantic_Type

Laboratory Procedure

UMLS_CUI

C1328171

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C17155

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