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NALT Concept Space
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Concept information

  1. Research, Technology, Methods
  2. methodology
  3. microscopy
  4. light microscopy
  5. polarized light microscopy

Preferred term

polarized light microscopy

Type

  • Topic

Definition

  • Information Microscopy using polarized light in which phenomena due to the preferential orientation of optical properties with respect to the vibration plane of the polarized light are made visible and correlated parameters are made measurable.

    Source: Medical Subject Headings 2017

    Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

Synonyms

  • polarisation microscopy
  • polarised light microscopy
  • polarization microscopy

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/291487

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