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Informatics
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D048088 |
[The field of information science concerned with the analysis and dissemination of data through the application of computers.
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Information Centers
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D007253 |
[Facilities for collecting and organizing information. They may be specialized by subject field, type of source material, persons served, location, or type of services.
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Information Dissemination
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D033181 |
[The circulation or wide dispersal of information.
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Information Literacy
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D058980 |
[The ability to recognize when information is needed and to locate, evaluate, and use the needed information effectively.
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Information Management
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D019451 |
[Management of the acquisition, organization, storage, retrieval, and dissemination of information. (From Thesaurus of ERIC Descriptors, 1994)
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Information Science
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D007254 |
[The field of knowledge, theory, and technology dealing with the collection of facts and figures, and the processes and methods involved in their manipulation, storage, dissemination, publication, and retrieval. It includes the fields of COMMUNICATION; PUBLISHING; LIBRARY SCIENCE; and informatics.
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Information Seeking Behavior
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D057226 |
[How information is gathered in personal, academic or work environments and the resources used.
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Information Services
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D007255 |
[Organized services to provide information on any questions an individual might have using databases and other sources. (From Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed)
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Information Storage and Retrieval
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D016247 |
[Organized activities related to the storage, location, search, and retrieval of information.
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Information Systems
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D007256 |
[Integrated set of files, procedures, and equipment for the storage, manipulation, and retrieval of information.
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Information Technology
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D000073256 |
[Interconnected system that is used in the automatic acquisition, storage, manipulation, movement, control, display, interchange, transmission, routing or reception of data or information, including computers, ancillary equipment, system software, support services, and related resources. (NAL Agricultural Thesaurus)
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Information Theory
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D007257 |
[An interdisciplinary study dealing with the transmission of messages or signals, or the communication of information. Information theory does not directly deal with meaning or content, but with physical representations that have meaning or content. It overlaps considerably with communication theory and CYBERNETICS.
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Informed Consent
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D007258 |
[Voluntary authorization, by a patient or research subject, with full comprehension of the risks involved, for diagnostic or investigative procedures, and for medical and surgical treatment.
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Informed Consent By Minors
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D057828 |
[Voluntary authorization by a person not of usual legal age for diagnostic or investigative procedures, or for medical and surgical treatment. (from English A, Shaw FE, McCauley MM, Fishbein DB Pediatrics 121:Suppl Jan 2008 pp S85-7).
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Infradian Rhythm
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D000071217 |
[A biological rhythm with a period longer than 24 hours.
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Infrared Rays
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D007259 |
[That portion of the electromagnetic spectrum usually sensed as heat. Infrared wavelengths are longer than those of visible light, extending into the microwave frequencies. They are used therapeutically as heat, and also to warm food in restaurants.
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Infratemporal Fossa
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D000080884 |
[The compartment that lies posterior to the MAXILLA and inferior to the side wall of the SKULL deep to the ramus of the MANDIBLE. It contains several FACIAL NERVES and the CAROTID ARTERIES and the JUGULAR VEINS.
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Infratentorial Neoplasms
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D015192 |
[Intracranial tumors originating in the region of the brain inferior to the tentorium cerebelli, which contains the cerebellum, fourth ventricle, cerebellopontine angle, brain stem, and related structures. Primary tumors of this region are more frequent in children, and may present with ATAXIA; CRANIAL NERVE DISEASES; vomiting; HEADACHE; HYDROCEPHALUS; or other signs of neurologic dysfunction. Relatively frequent histologic subtypes include TERATOMA; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; GLIOBLASTOMA; ASTROCYTOMA; EPENDYMOMA; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; and choroid plexus papilloma (PAPILLOMA, CHOROID PLEXUS).
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Infusion Pumps
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D007260 |
[Fluid propulsion systems driven mechanically, electrically, or osmotically that are used to inject (or infuse) over time agents into a patient or experimental animal; used routinely in hospitals to maintain a patent intravenous line, to administer antineoplastic agents and other drugs in thromboembolism, heart disease, diabetes mellitus (INSULIN INFUSION SYSTEMS is also available), and other disorders.
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Infusion Pumps, Implantable
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D015918 |
[Implanted fluid propulsion systems with self-contained power source for providing long-term controlled-rate delivery of drugs such as chemotherapeutic agents or analgesics. Delivery rate may be externally controlled or osmotically or peristatically controlled with the aid of transcutaneous monitoring.
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