| magnification | The amplification of an image by using enlarged views to magnify an area for greater detail. (13 Nov 1997) |
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| magnification angiography | Enhanced imaging of small blood vessels using an increased distance from subject to film, as in magnification radiography. (05 Mar 2000) |
| magnification empty | <microscopy> Magnification beyond which no new information is revealed. (05 Aug 1998) |
| magnification radiography | Radiography using a microfocal X-ray tube and increased subject-film distance to provide geometric magnification of the subject without unacceptable loss of sharpness and resolution or an undesirable increase in radiation exposure caused by increasing the distance between the subject and the film. (05 Mar 2000) |
| biological magnification | <biology, zoology> The process by which toxins such as pesticides build up in each successive link in the food chain. For instance, a given population of beetles may have very low levels of a fat-soluble pesticide, but the pesticide will build to much greater levels in the fat of a bird that eats those beetles, and the pesticide will reach greater levels still in a human or panther that eats the beetle-eating birds. (21 Mar 1998) |
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| radiographic magnification | Use of optic and geometric techniques to enhance radiographic image quality and interpretation. It includes use of microfocal X-ray tubes and intensifying fluoroscopic screens. (12 Dec 1998) |
| longitudinal magnification | <microscopy> A certain distance, measured axially, in the object space as referred to the respective distance in the image space. The ratio of the distance D' in the image space to the distance D in the object space equated to the square of the linear magnification M of the system. Thus: M exp2 =D'/D. (05 Aug 1998) |