scan
- noun
- /skæn/
- We're just gonna say that you found it in a routine bone scan - after a hairline fracture in your ankle.
- CT scan
- tomography scan
- axial CT scan
I had that scan, the seven week and two day scan on a Monday.
- I had that scan, the seven week and two day scan on a Monday.
- I've actually seen I've before and after scans on people who've had COVID.
- So PET scans, which are kind of metabolic scans and then SPECT scans.
- So they basically did a scan of the dog's brain.
- Now, can you do brain scans all the time?
- That's not a cheap scan to do in any, in any way.
- And we can see that by doing brain scans and doing brain imaging.
- I said we have scans, CAT scans, MRI scans, the new technology.
- So of course the scans don't recognize the damage.
- When in had a scan, they said they had a bleed on the brain.
- We now look inside their brains with PET scans, FM, RIS.
- It is the world's largest database of brain scans for psychiatry.
- We can, we can look at scans and see the cancer.
- So doctor walks in, CAT scan results, CT scan, whatever the hell it's called.
- This doesn't fit the mold of what they see in usual MRI scans or C spine scans.
Examples
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I have a PET scan and SPECT scheduled.
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In the case of Julie, the scan was entirely normal.
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I had that scan, the seven week and two day scan on a Monday.
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So they basically did a scan of the dog's brain.
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Based on what you just said... l think it's pretty obvious that a brain scan is in order.
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They've sent me here for an MRI scan.
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In fact, brain scans have shown that social rejection creates virtually identical brain activity as physical assault.
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Second, they usually require two separate CT scans, which contributes to inconvenience as well as cost.
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Her CT scan's negative, no focus of bleeding, only a cerebral edema.
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The doctor explained that the scan would help diagnose any issues with my health.
Synonyms
A picture made with invisible light to show the inside of the body
A medical test that makes detailed pictures of the inside of the body using X-rays
A picture made with X rays that shows the inside of the body
A picture of the inside of the body made with X-rays
Compounds
- Specialized
A medical test that makes detailed pictures of the inside of the body using X-rays
- Specialized
A medical test using X-rays and a computer to make detailed images of the inside of the body
- Specialized
A scan that uses sound waves to make a picture of the back of the eye
- Archaic
A screen divided into top and bottom halves that update at the same time to work faster
- Specialized
An ultrasound test that measures the length of the eyeball before eye surgery
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A way to identify a person by using a machine that reads the patterns on their fingertip
How Detailed
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Scan (sense 1): The medical meaning of scan comes from the idea of moving step by step to make a picture; it goes back to the old Latin root scandere which means 'to climb', the same root as ascend, so a scanner 'climbs' across the body to build an image.