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cat scan
CT scan -
cat scanner
a specialized x-ray instrument that displays computerized cross-sectional images of the body, providing a noninvasive means of visualizing the brain, lungs, liver, spleen, and other soft tissue. -
flatbed scanner
a type of optical scanner having a flat, stationary surface on which a page is scanned by a moving head. -
magnetic resonance scanner
MR scanner. -
mr scan
a medical examination performed with an MR scanner. -
nmr scanner
a diagnostic device employing nuclear magnetic resonance to display computer-generated sectional images of the body, consisting of a large, body-encircling magnet that generates a strong, uniform magnetic field which interacts with radio waves to excite the nuclei of hydrogen atoms, or other specific atoms, and a detection system that picks up the signals from the body and transforms them into a visual image.