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densitometer Definition

den·si·tom·eter (den′sə tämət ər)

noun

  1. a device for measuring optical density, as of a photographic negative
  2. densimeter

Etymology: < density + -meter

densitometer Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • use: The professional user can adjust any operation via numerical input and can precisely monitor the results using an online densitometer.
  • scan: I used a scanning densitometer with a very small aperture and averaged over many scans across an image of interest.

Noun used with modifier

  • X-ray: The CRF also provides an X-ray densitometer machine to accurately measure total body bone, muscle and fat mass.
  • bone: The RNHRD uses the Hologic Acclaim bone densitometer, which allows bone density to be assessed in a few minutes.