transillumination

Also found in: Medical, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia.

trans·il·lu·mi·na·tion

(trăns′ĭ-lo͞o′mə-nā′shən, trănz′-)

The passing of a light through the walls of a body part or organ to facilitate medical inspection.

trans′il·lu′mi·nate′ (-lo͞o′mə-nāt′) v.

trans′il·lu′mi·na′tor n.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

transillumination

a form of medical examination in which a strong light is cast through the body or a body part so that blockages, foreign objects, etc., can be seen. — transilluminator, n.

trans·il·lu·mi·na·tion

n. transiluminación, paso de luz a través de un cuerpo.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

Mentioned in ?

Remedies

References in periodicals archive ?

Topographical anatomy of asterion by an innovative technique using transillumination and skiagram.

Endoskopik Retrosigmoid Suboksipital Yaklasimla Pons-Serebellum Sisterna Anatomisinin Incelenmesi: Kadavra Calismasi/Examination of Pons-Cerebellum Cisterna Anatomy by Endoscopic Retrosigmoid Suboccxipital Approach: Cadaveric Study

They most commonly present as a large, soft, cystic, compressible, non-tender and transillumination positive.

CERVICAL LYMPHANGIOMA IN ADULT-A CASE REPORT

PCR products were visualized in a 2.0% agarose gel stained with ethidium bromide, and photographed under UV transillumination. PCR products were purified using a GeneJET(tm) kit (Thermo K0701) according to the manufacturer's protocol.

First Record of Atelerix albiventris (Family: Erinaceidae) from South-Eastern of Egypt Confirmed by Molecular Analysis

The same effect can be obtained by transillumination imaging (Nieminen et al.

Two-Line Spatial Reflection Method for Measuring Wood Grain Direction

The results were visualized by computer analyzed UV transillumination method.

Role of polymerase chain reaction in the diagnosis of cutaneous tuberculosis

Transillumination of neck soft tissues allows us to recognize the front of the neck vessels running across the neck midline and maybe to change the puncture site in order to avoid bleeding complications.

THE PERCUTANEOUS DILATATIONAL TRACHEOSTOMY IN THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT--OUR EXPERIENCE/PERKUTANA DILATACIONA TRAHEOSTOMIJA U JEDINICI INTENZIVNE TERAPIJE--NASE ISKUSTVO

The first of these is a transillumination defect of the affected iris, if a sufficient amount of pigment is lost (see Figure 1).

Pigment dispersion, pseudoexfoliation syndromes and glaucoma

The diagnosis of PEX was made by the presence of following findings: PEX material on the lens capsule or near the pupil; transillumination defects near the pupil; increased pigmentation or PEX material at the angle, or both.

Evaluation of changes in retinal fiber layer thickness in pseudoexfoliation syndrome using spectral domain optical coherence tomography

To overcome the difficulty in locating such enamel opacities, transillumination in this procedure was useful for a more predictable and conservative treatment.

Enamel White Lesions (Part II): A report of three cases treated according to the new Classification (WSTC)

The best utilization of the fiber optic transillumination (FOTI) device is for evaluating the depth of occlusal lesions (if the caries has reached to the dentin or not) and for the detection of the proximal lesions (15).

Recent Methods for Diagnosis of Dental Caries in Dentistry/Dis Hekimliginde Guncel Curuk Tani Yontemleri

Near-infrared measurement of cerebral tissue oxygen saturation uses transillumination at light wavelengths that are absorbed by hemoglobin (730 and 810 nm) incorporating signals from both venous weighted and arterial blood.