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NONINVASIVE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Relating to a technique that does not involve puncturing the skin or entering a body cavity
Classified under:
Domain category:
medical specialty; medicine (the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques)
Antonym:
invasive (relating to a technique in which the body is entered by puncture or incision)
Context examples:
A radiotracer composed of a cyclic Arg-Gly-Asp (RGD) peptide that is conjugated with galactose and radiolabeled with fluorine 18, for potential noninvasive positron emission tomography (PET) imaging of alphaVbeta3 integrin expression.
(Fluorine F 18 Galacto-RGD Peptide, NCI Thesaurus)
A noninvasive tool used to observe functioning in the brain or other organs by detecting changes in chemical composition, blood flow, or both.
(Functional magnetic resonance imaging, NCI Dictionary)
Noninvasive measurement or determination of the partial pressure of oxygen and carbon dioxide locally in the capillaries of a tissue by the application to the skin of a special set of electrodes.
(Cutaneous Oximetry, NCI Thesaurus)
An ampullary noninvasive papillary neoplasm of the pancreatobiliary type characterized by the presence of low grade dysplasia.
(Ampullary Noninvasive Pancreatobiliary Papillary Neoplasm with Low Grade Dysplasia, NCI Thesaurus)
An ampullary noninvasive papillary neoplasm of the pancreatobiliary type characterized by the presence of high grade dysplasia.
(Ampullary Noninvasive Pancreatobiliary Papillary Neoplasm with High Grade Dysplasia, NCI Thesaurus)
This is defined as any one of the following: Claudication, either with exertion or at rest, amputation for arterial vascular insufficiency, vascular reconstruction, bypass surgery, or percutaneous intervention to the extremities, documented aortic aneurysm with or without repair, vascular angiography demonstrating a 50% or greater stenosis of a major peripheral arterial vessel, positive noninvasive test for peripheral arterial disease, including an ankle-brachial index less than or equal to 0.9, ultrasound, magnetic resonance or computed tomography imaging demonstrating a 50% or greater stenosis of a major peripheral arterial vessel.
(Peripheral Arterial Disorder, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
A procedure of surgical placement of a catheter, which lumen is usually occupied by a trocar, into the central vein (internal jugular, subclavian, and femoral often used) or veins, to provide vascular access for measurement of hemodynamic variables that cannot be measured accurately by noninvasive means.
(Central Venous Cannula Insertion, NCI Thesaurus)
In the new study, the researchers used a noninvasive technique — called optical coherence tomography angiography — to examine the retinas in eyes of 30 study participants with an average age in the mid 70s, none of whom exhibited clinical symptoms of Alzheimer's.
(Predicting Alzheimer's Disease May Be Possible Using Eye Exam, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
An adverse event for which only minimal, local, or noninvasive intervention (e.g. packing, cautery) is indicated; or that limits instrumental activities of daily living (ADLs, e.g., shopping, laundry, transportation, or ability to conduct finances).
(Moderate Adverse Event, NCI Thesaurus)
A research team from the University Health Network in Toronto, Canada, launched a search for noninvasive biomarkers to diagnose prostate cancer and predict whether it’s likely to spread.
(Biomarker Signatures of Prostate Cancer, NIH)
