Taber's Medical Dictionary
scanning
(skan′ing )
To hear audio pronunciation of this topic, purchase a subscription or log in.1. Recording on an image receptor the emission of radioactive waves from a specific substance injected into the body.
2. Obtaining different images of a specified anatomical part through a system that compiles information in a sequential pattern, such as computed tomography, ultrasound, or magnetic resonance imaging.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Scanning." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/744759/0/scanning.
Scanning. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/744759/0/scanning. Accessed April 28, 2026.
Scanning. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/744759/0/scanning
Scanning [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2026 April 28]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/744759/0/scanning.
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