quantimetern.
/kwɒnˈtɪmᵻtə/, U.S. /kwɑnˈtɪmədər/ 1. Radiology. An apparatus for measuring the quantity of X-rays administered (see also quot. 1907). Now historical.
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radiometer1905
quantimeter1906
qualimeter1911
1906 R. Kienböck in Arch. Roentgen Ray 11 17/2 My quantimeter consists essentially of..a strip of photographic paper..and a normal scale of graduated tints, with which it is to be compared.
1907 A. H. Pirie in Lancet 13 July 84/2 This meter might be called a quantimeter, as it measures the total quantity of electricity passing through an x ray tube.
1915 R. Knox Radiogr. 282 The Kienböck Quantimeter.—This method is based on the discoloration of bromide of silver under the influence of X-rays.
1999 A. Newing Light, Visible & Invisible iii. 62 Efforts were also made to use fluorescence as a measure of dose... This led to the development in Vienna in 1904, of the Kienböck Quantimeter.
2. A device or system used for the quantitative analysis of selected detail in visual images, esp. microscopic images in engineering and biomedical contexts.
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1980 A. M. Goffinet in Anat. & Embryol. 159 207 The area of contact between CP cells has been indirectly estimated..by measuring the ratio of cell-cell apposition versus cell perimeter on 150 cells in reeler and controls using a Kontron Video Tape quantimeter.
1996 Thin Solid Films 277 80/1 The particle size distribution of the powder (measured with a Quantimeter) is shown in Fig. 4.
2005 Biomaterials 26 5446/2 The quantity of resorbed ceramic and newly formed bone was determined using a semi-automatic image analyser (Leica Quantimeter 500, Cambridge, UK) from SEM observations of implant surfaces obtained from backscattered electrons.
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quantiˈmetric adj. of or relating to quantimeters or their use.
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quantimetric1906
1906 R. Kienböck in Arch. Roentgen Ray 11 17/2 In 1905, at the Roentgen Congress at Berlin, I introduced the new method of direct dosimetry—the ‘quantimetric method’.
1987 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 84 8660/2 Quantimetric analyses..that demonstrated loss of some neocortical pyramidal cells..of the neocortex.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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