mirror image (redirected from Mirror images)

image /im·age/ (im´ahj) a picture or concept with likeness to an objective reality.

---

body image  the three-dimensional concept of one's self, recorded in the cortex by perception of everchanging body postures, and constantly changing with them.

false image  that formed by the deviating eye in strabismus.

mirror image  one with right and left relations reversed, as in the reflection of an object in a mirror.

Purkinje-Sanson mirror images  three reflected images of an object seen in observing the pupil of the eye: two on the posterior and anterior surfaces of the lens, one on the anterior surface of the cornea.

motor image  the organized cerebral model of the possible movements of the body.

real image  one formed where the emanating rays are collected, in which the object is pictured as being inverted.

virtual image  a picture from projected light rays that are intercepted before focusing.

---

mirror image

[mir′ər]

Etymology: L, mirare, to look at, imago

1 an image formed by a reflection in a plane mirror.

2 a kind of reversed asymmetry of characteristics often found in sets of monozygotic twins.

3 chemical molecules with the same composition but with asymmetric arrangement of the atoms.

---

image [im´ahj]

a picture or concept with more or less likeness to an objective reality.

body image see body image.

digital image a depiction recorded electronically to allow viewing or transmission on a computer.

image distributor beam splitter.

disturbed body image a nursing diagnosis defined as confusion in the mental picture of one's personal self. See also body image.

fluoroscopic image a visual depiction on a fluoroscopy screen.

image intensifier a fluoroscope that is electronically enhanced to produce a brighter image; see also automatic brightness control, brightness gain, and vignetting.

latent image the invisible change in radiographic film that is caused by x-radiation or light and is made visible by development of the film.

magnification image direct radiographic enlargement requiring a fractional focus tube of 0.3 mm or less.

manifest image the change on an x-ray film that becomes visible when the latent image undergoes appropriate chemical processing.

mirror image

1. the image of light made visible by the reflecting surface of the cornea and lens when illuminated through the slit lamp.

2. an image with right and left relations reversed, as in the reflection of an object in a mirror.

motor image the organized cerebral model of the possible movements of the body.

phantom image an artifact seen in conventional linear tomography.