"Optical Devices" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Products or parts of products used to detect, manipulate, or analyze light, such as LENSES, refractors, mirrors, filters, prisms, and OPTICAL FIBERS.
| Descriptor ID |
D055096
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E07.632
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| Concept/Terms |
Optical Devices- Optical Devices
- Device, Optical
- Devices, Optical
- Optical Device
- Optical Components
- Component, Optical
- Components, Optical
- Optical Component
Optical System- Optical System
- Optical Systems
- System, Optical
- Systems, Optical
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| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Optical Devices" by people in Profiles.
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A randomized comparison of the use of an optical compared with a rigid laryngoscope on the success rate of novices performing tracheal intubation. Anesth Analg. 2011 Mar; 112(3):615-8.