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brain imaging

Imaging Any technique that permits the in vivo visualization of the substance of the CNS–eg, CT, PET, MRI, yielding a series of 2-D images/“slices” of brain regions of interest which may be manipulated by computer to generate 3-D simulations; other techniques–eg, ultrasound, angiography, radionuclide scans, regional cerebral blood flow measurements, brain electrical activity mapping and its variants, and even the now-obsolete pneumoencephalogram provide images of aspects of the CNS, but are limited in the structures visualized or degree of resolution, or other parameters. See PET-CT scan.

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