VISUALIZATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does visualization mean? 

• VISUALIZATION (noun)
  The noun VISUALIZATION has 1 sense:

1. a mental image that is similar to a visual perception

  Familiarity information: VISUALIZATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VISUALIZATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A mental image that is similar to a visual perception

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

visual image; visualisation; visualization

Hypernyms ("visualization" is a kind of...):

image; mental image (an iconic mental representation)

Derivation:

visualize (imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind)

 Context examples 

A medical device placed on or inserted in an anatomic site for accurate visualization of a particular area, prior to radiation treatment or surgery.

(Fiducial marker, NCI Thesaurus)

Fanolesomab binds to CD15; radioactive labeled fanolesomab may facilitate the visualization of infection sites upon imaging.

(Fanolesomab, NCI Thesaurus)

Removal of laryngeal tissue under direct visualization for microscopic examination.

(Direct Laryngoscopy with Biopsy, NCI Thesaurus)

This allows for visualization of tumors cells upon PET.

(Fluorine F 18-labeled S-(3-Fluoropropyl)homocysteine Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

This produces an increase in signal intensity of blood, thereby enhancing the visualization of blood vessels upon MRA and may aid in the diagnosis of certain blood vessels and heart disorders.

(Gadofosveset, NCI Thesaurus)

A compound that enables or improves the visualization of body structures or functions for medical imaging.

(Imaging Agent, NCI Thesaurus)

This allows for visualization of SSTR-positive cells upon imaging.

(Gallium Ga 68-DOTATATE, NCI Thesaurus)

This makes it possible to distinguish, on X-ray film, body parts that contain diatrizoate meglumine from body parts that do not contain this agent and allows for visualization of different body structures.

(Diatrizoic Acid, NCI Thesaurus)

Upon administration, the DCFBC moiety of fluorine F 18 DCFBC specifically targets and binds to the tumor associated antigen PSMA, thereby allowing the visualization of tumor cells expressing PSMA upon PET.

(Fluorine F 18 DCFBC, NCI Thesaurus)

This visualization builds on infrared data with the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope of 30 massive stellar giants called Wolf-Rayet stars that orbit within about 1.5 light years of the center of our Galaxy.

(Scientists Take Viewers to the Center of the Milky Way, NASA)