Microscopy, Phase-Contrast
"Microscopy, Phase-Contrast" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A form of interference microscopy in which variations of the refracting index in the object are converted into variations of intensity in the image. This is achieved by the action of a phase plate.
| Descriptor ID |
D008858
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.370.350.515.513.569 E05.490.630.569 E05.595.513.569
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| Concept/Terms |
Microscopy, Phase-Contrast- Microscopy, Phase-Contrast
- Microscopy, Phase Contrast
- Phase-Contrast Microscopy
- Microscopies, Phase-Contrast
- Phase Contrast Microscopy
- Phase-Contrast Microscopies
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