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[skan′ər]

Etymology: L, scandere, to climb

equipment used for making scans or scanning. See also scanning.

scanner [skan´er]

1. a device that converts an image, such as from a patient, to a format appropriate for viewing on a computer or being transmitted electronically.

2. equipment used for producing a scan or scanning.

scanner

Imaging A popular term for a device used for various imaging procedures–eg, CT scanner Instrumentation A device that measures differences in chromatic or radioactive intensity on a 2-D matrix–eg, electropherogram or chromatogram, to quantify various substances

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