photoscannern.
/ˈfəʊtəʊˌskanə/, U.S. /ˈfoʊdoʊˌskænər/ Medicine.
= scintiscanner n.
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scanner1951
scintiscanner1953
brain scanner1957
scintigraph1957
body scanner1959
photoscanner1959
imager1962
1959 Internat. Jrnl. Appl. Radiation & Isotopes 4 154 (title) A versatile, high-contrast photoscanner for the localization of human tumors with radioisotopes.
1966 Sci. News 12 Nov. 400 The gamma rays coming from the abnormal portions of bone are detected by a photoscanner that is passed externally over the body. Any portion of bone that gives off gamma rays is considered diseased.
1978 Physics in Med. & Biol. 23 309 (title) A computer driven photoscanner for medical imaging.
1996 Semin. Nuclear Med. 26 165 The decline of the rectilinear photoscanner began in 1973 with the advent of computed axial tomography.
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