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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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After my meditation, I answered a series of questions about my experience so that the researchers could compare what I felt with what my brain scan showed.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 27, 2026

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

From BBC Oct. 20, 2025

Indeed, in the brain scan study, voice hearers with diagnosed schizophrenia were the last to catch on when the researchers made the appearance of the checkerboard more independent from the tone.

From Salon Jun. 3, 2025

He was admitted to the hospital, had a brain scan and was diagnosed with a brain stem tumor.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 21, 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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