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MeSH Heading: Microscopy
Tree Number(s): E01.370.350.515; E05.595; H01.671.617.562
Unique ID: D008853
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008853
Annotation: do not index here routinely for histol & cytol studies: Manual 26.12+
Scope Note: The use of instrumentation and techniques for visualizing material and details that cannot be seen by the unaided eye. It is usually done by enlarging images, transmitted by light or electron beams, with optical or magnetic lenses that magnify the entire image field. With scanning microscopy, images are generated by collecting output from the specimen in a point-by-point fashion, on a magnified scale, as it is scanned by a narrow beam of light or electrons, a laser, a conductive probe, or a topographical probe.
Entry Term(s): Compound Microscopy; Hand-Held Microscopy; Light Microscopy; Optical Microscopy; Simple Microscopy
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2017/07/12

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Concept UI: M000626957
Terms: Optical Microscopy Preferred Term
Term UI T000916433
Date02/27/2017
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2018); Compound Microscopy
Term UI T000916434
Date02/27/2017
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2018); Hand-Held Microscopy
Term UI T000916435
Date02/27/2017
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2018); Light Microscopy
Term UI T000916437
Date02/27/2017
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2018); Simple Microscopy
Term UI T000916438
Date02/27/2017
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2018)

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