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 [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.

Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

scan·ner

(skan'ĕr),

A device or instrument that scans.

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scanner

(skăn′ər)

n.

1. An optical scanner.

2. A device, such as a CT scanner or PET scanner, for observing internal organs, tissues, and other parts of the body.

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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

McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

scan·ner

(skan'ĕr)

A device or instrument that scans.

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