scintiscanningn.
/ˈsɪntᵻskanɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈsɪn(t)əˌskænɪŋ/ Medicine.
The production and use of scintiscans; the procedure of making a scintiscan; = scintigraphy n.
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scanning1951
scintiscanning1954
photoscanning1956
scintigraphy1957
scintillography1958
1954 Amer. Jrnl. Roentgenol. 72 881/2 One tube stand suspends a shielded Geiger tube for uptake studies, the other tube stand supports the scintiscanning device.
1967 Nursing Times 18 Aug. 1095/2 The diagnostic uses of scintiscanning are extending rapidly with technical advances in radiobiology.
1994 D. Tulchinsky & A. B. Little Maternal–Fetal Endocrinol. (ed. 2) viii. 139/2 The radioactive iodine uptake test and thyroid scintiscanning, ordinarily useful to determine the cause of hyperthyroidism, are contraindicated during pregnancy.
2005 G. M. Doherty in D. Linos & J. A. van Heerden Adrenal Glands xviii. 192/1 Once the diagnosis of malignant pheochromocytoma is established or suspected, 123I-MIBG scintiscanning has proven effective in detecting the extent of the disease.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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