scintiscannern.
/ˈsɪntᵻskanə/, U.S. /ˈsɪntəˌskænər/ Medicine.
An apparatus used to perform scintiscans. Cf. scintigraph n.
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scanner1951
scintiscanner1953
brain scanner1957
scintigraph1957
body scanner1959
photoscanner1959
imager1962
1953 Radiology 61 88/1 The point-by-point technique of plotting the frontal area occupied by the thyroid gland..has been simplified by the introduction of the ‘scintiscanner’ for obtaining an actual size scintigram of the gland.
1968 New Scientist 12 Dec. 617/1 The computer is connected ‘on-line’ to a scintiscanner instrument, which measures radiation intensities as it is moved over a patient who has ingested a weakly radioactive isotope.
2013 Yong-Whee Bahk Combined Scintigraphic & Radiographic Diagnosis Bone & Joint Dis. (ed. 4) xviii. 419/1 The high-resolution scintiscanner can detect more enostoses, and pinhole scanning diagnoses even more cases in far greater detail.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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