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brain scan

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noun

Medicine/Medical.
  1. a scintigram of the brain, used to estimate cerebral blood flow and to detect brain tumors.


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A brain scan might show what happens when someone sees the color red, for example, but it cannot reveal why seeing red feels like anything at all.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 30, 2026

But on 9 February, a routine eye appointment showed swelling on her optic nerve, and a brain scan the same night confirmed she had a tumour.

From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2026

A brain scan after the fume event ruled out a stroke.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2025

A court-ordered brain scan revealed that the 71-year-old defendant had been suffering from a walnut-sized brain tumor, which defense attorneys were prepared to argue had affected his judgment.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2025

Studying the brain scans of these Phineas-like patients, the Damasios wonder what a brain scan of Phineas Gage himself would have shown.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman

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