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41Parallel terraced scan — The parallel terraced scan is a multi agent based search technique that is basic to cognitive architectures, such as Copycat, Letter string, the Examiner, Tabletop, and others. It was developed by John Rehling and Douglas Hofstadter at the Center …
42Bone scan — Bone imaging is a study to visually detect bone abnormalities. Such imaging studies include magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), X ray computed tomography (CT) and especially nuclear medicine. In the latter case the patient is injected with a small… …
43pan and scan — a technique that avoids the letterboxing of a widescreen film for a full framed 4x3 home video or TV picture, by focusing on the elements of the picture that are most important to the plot and by adjusting or cropping the image; when an… …
44Palmer scan — A radar technique in which conical scan is superimposed on some other form of scanning. For example, in Palmer sector, beam oscillates to and fro over azimuth sector while continuously making small angel conical scan …
45MAG3 scan — A MAG3 scan is a diagnostic imaging procedure that allows a nuclear medicine physician or radiologist to visualize the kidneys and learn more about how they are functioning. MAG3 is an acronym for Mercapto Acetyl Tri Glycine, a compound that is… …
46Progressive scan — Balayage progressif Illustration de la différence entre balayage progressif et entrelacement ; cette animation illustre bien le principe, mais l effet obtenu est très différent Le balayage progressif (progressive scan) est le mode d… …
47MUGA scan — (multiple gated acquisition scan) a technique used in nuclear medicine for studying the left ventricular function and wall motion of the heart. The patients s red cells are labelled with radioactive technetium 99m. A gamma camera, connected to an …
48ventilation-perfusion scan — V/Q scan a scintigraphic technique for demonstrating perfusion defects in normally ventilated areas of the lung in the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism, consisting of the imaging of the distribution of an inhaled radionuclide followed by the… …
49Raster Scan — An imaging technique where the electronic image in composed of a series of scan lines or pixels …
50MUGA scan — multiple gated acquisition scan a technique used in nuclear medicine for studying the left ventricular function and wall motion of the heart. The patient s red cells are labelled with radioactive technetium 99m. A gamma camera, connected to an… …
