Completed in 1662 or 1663, the painting was previously called Woman Weighing Gold before microscopic evaluation confirms that the balance in her hands is empty.

It is concerned with the microscopic evaluation of surgical specimens, particularly tumors.

A wet prep (microscopic evaluation of vaginal discharge) is usually done to identify a vaginal infection or overgrowth of yeast or bacteria.

Removal of select lymph nodes in the pelvis allows microscopic evaluation for evidence of cancer within these nodes.

Such characteristics are apparent during microscopic evaluation of the tumor cells.

Macro- and microscopic evaluation and scoring of the lesions were performed by a pathologist who was unaware of the treatment administered to each rat.

By microscopic evaluation, the tumors are composed of a variably cellular stroma make up of spindled to stellate fibroblast-like cells.

Diagnosis is confirmed by visual examination of the tissues and by tissue samples sent for microscopic evaluation.

When a microscopic evaluation is needed, a biopsy is taken, and microscopically observed by a pathologist.