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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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As well as severe headaches, medics noticed one pupil was larger than the other, prompting a brain scan which revealed a 5mm-wide aneurysm.

From BBC

Kim Kardashian says a recent brain scan left her stunned, after a celebrity psychiatrist told her the frontal lobes of her brain show unusually low activity, a finding sometimes tied to chronic stress and cognitive overload.

From Salon

But he collapsed in the tunnel at half-time and had to be taken to hospital for a precautionary brain scan.

From BBC

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

From The Wall Street Journal

There is no blood test or brain scan to determine who has autism.

From BBC