photoscanningn.
/ˈfəʊtəʊˌskanɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈfoʊdoʊˌskænɪŋ/ Medicine.
The photographic recording of the distribution of a radioisotope or radiopharmaceutical within the body or an organ.
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scanning1951
scintiscanning1954
photoscanning1956
scintigraphy1957
scintillography1958
1956 Internat. Jrnl. Appl. Radiation & Isotopes 1 137/1 (heading) ‘Photoscanning’. Merrill A. Bender, Buffalo, N.Y.
1967 Times 19 Sept. 9/4 Photoscanning using radioactive isotopes can tell us if cancer is present in such organs as the thyroid gland, the liver and the brain.
1974 Cancer Res. 34 1/1 Radiolabeled nonantibody components of heterospecific IgG can be localized in certain tumors and normal tissues by photoscanning.
1994 Jrnl. Nuclear Med. 35 1028/1 The presence or absence of PCP could be confirmed..by external photoscanning within 24 hr.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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