Medical Definition of Phase contrast

1. An optical method devised by F. Zernike for converting the focused image of a phase object (one with differences in refractive index or optical path but not in absorbance), which ordinarily is not visible in focus, into an image with good contrast. (05 Aug 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Phase Contrast

Phaseolus angularis
Phaseolus aureus
Phaseolus caracalla
Phaseolus coccineus
Phaseolus limensis
Phaseolus lunatus
Phaseolus multiflorus
Phaseolus vulgaris
phaseomannite
phaseout
phaseouts
phases
phase angle
phase angle
phase change
phase contrast (current term)
phase contrast microscopy
phase encoding
phase I
phase II
phase III
phase III clinical trial
phase III clinical trial
phase II block
phase II clinical trial
phase II clinical trial
phase image
phase in
phase IV
phase IV clinical trials

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