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kirkastuma

English translation: lucency, lucent lesion

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Finnish term or phrase:kirkastuma
English translation:lucency, lucent lesion
Entered by: Tarja Karjalainen

09:06 Feb 10, 2019
Finnish to English translations [PRO]
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Finnish term or phrase: kirkastuma
non-specific kiskastuma revealed in an x-ray of left ankle

brightness?

bright area?

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Spencer
Spencer Allman
United Kingdom
Local time: 00:10
lucency, lucent lesion
Explanation:
Lucency (adj. lucent) kirkastuma ympäristöään paremmin röntgensäteitä läpäisevä, tummana näkyvä alue, varjostuman vastakohta.
https://www.duodecimlehti.fi/lehti/2002/10/duo92961
In radiology, a region in an image caused by an absorber of lower x-ray attenuation than its surrounding tissues; in general, the opposite of opacity. https://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/lucency
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Tarja Karjalainen
Finland
Local time: 02:10
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5lucency, lucent lesion
Tarja Karjalainen
4white spot
Didier Declercq (X)
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White spot?
Didier Declercq (X)

  

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white spot


Explanation:

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Didier Declercq (X)
Belgium
Local time: 01:10
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch
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22 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
lucency, lucent lesion


Explanation:
Lucency (adj. lucent) kirkastuma ympäristöään paremmin röntgensäteitä läpäisevä, tummana näkyvä alue, varjostuman vastakohta.
https://www.duodecimlehti.fi/lehti/2002/10/duo92961
In radiology, a region in an image caused by an absorber of lower x-ray attenuation than its surrounding tissues; in general, the opposite of opacity. https://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/lucency

Example sentence(s):
  • NOFs are typically a multiloculated lucent lesion with a sclerotic rim.
  • A focal area of increased lucency is often seen in the femoral neck at the junction of the compressive and tensile trabeculae.

    Reference: http://radiopaedia.org/articles/non-ossifying-fibroma-1
    Reference: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4126137/
Tarja Karjalainen
Finland
Local time: 02:10
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Reference: White spot?

Reference information:
There is not much context, but the use of black spot and white spot is common.

Example sentence(s):
  • Burton says [...] a tumor nodule in the lung could appear on any scan or X-ray image as a small, dense, white spot or so-called coin lesion that could easily be interpreted as a fungal infection, tuberculosis-related granuloma or benign tissue mass.
  • What do white spots mean in a bone scan? White spots show up on a bone scan around the dark spots, which indicate an increased accumulation of radioactive material from the scan. In other words, the white areas surround the dark areas...

    https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/traditional_physical_autopsies___not_high_tech_virtopsies___still_gold_standard_for_dete
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Belgium
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