photoscann.
/ˈfəʊtəʊˌskan/, U.S. /ˈfoʊdoʊˌskæn/ Medicine.
= scintiscan n.
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B-scan1947
scintillograph1950
scintigram1952
scan1953
scintiscan1954
photoscan1956
scintigraph1957
scintillogram1958
1956 Radiology 66 737/2 (caption) Photoscan (superimposed on roentgenogram) shows lesion to be thyroid tissue rather than metastasis from breast.
1974 Cancer Res. 34 1/1 The photoscans showed an increased uptake of radioactivity over the tumors.
1989 European Jrnl. Nuclear Med. 15 42/1 Total body planar photoscans with a scintillation camera were performed.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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