Diagnostic Procedure
microradiography
Subclass of:
Radiographic imaging procedure
Definitions related to microradiography:
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Process by which a radiograph of a small or very thin object is produced on photographic film under conditions permitting subsequent microscopic examination or high resolution enlargement of the radiograph.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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Production of a radiographic image of a small or very thin object on fine-grained photographic film under conditions which permit subsequent microscopic examination or enlargement of the radiograph at linear magnifications of up to several hundred and with a resolution approaching the resolving power of the photographic emulsion (about 1000 lines per millimeter).NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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