- Look up
scan in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Scan,
SCAN or
Scanning may
refer to:
Graham scan, an
algorithm for
finding the
convex hull of a set of...
- A
computed tomography scan (CT
scan),
formerly called computed axial tomography scan (CAT
scan), is a
medical imaging technique used to
obtain detailed...
-
Schedules for
Clinical ****essment in
Neuropsychiatry (
SCAN) is a set of
tools created by WHO
aimed at
diagnosing and
measuring mental illness that may...
- A
scanning electron microscope (SEM) is a type of
electron microscope that
produces images of a
sample by
scanning the
surface with a
focused beam of electrons...
- Book
scanning or book
digitization (also:
magazine scanning or
magazine digitization) is the
process of
converting physical books and
magazines into digital...
- A
scan line (also scanline) is one line, or row, in a
raster scanning pattern, such as a line of
video on a cathode-ray tube (CRT)
display of a television...
- Live
scan fingerprinting refers to both the
technique and the
technology used by law
enforcement agencies and
private facilities to
capture fingerprints...
- A
retinal scan is a
biometric technique that uses
unique patterns on a person's
retina blood vessels. It is not to be
confused with
other ocular-based...
- A
raster scan, or
raster scanning, is the
rectangular pattern of
image capture and
reconstruction in television. By analogy, the term is used for raster...
-
which is
derived from
radere (to s****e). It
originates from the
raster scan of cathode-ray tube (CRT)
video monitors,
which draw the
image line by line...
