brain scan

noun

, Medicine/Medical.

1. a scintigram of the brain, used to estimate cerebral blood flow and to detect brain tumors.

Example Sentences

Mrs Waldron, 64, said Marina deteriorated the following day and was this time discharged by an A&E department, again with a migraine diagnosis and no brain scan.

From BBC

This is done either via a PET brain scan or by having a lumbar puncture.

From BBC

Tebartz van Elst and neurologist Kimon Runge run patients through a standard set of tests: bloodwork, electroencephalography, neurological exams, an MRI brain scan, and in many patients a spinal tap.

From Science Magazine

Following a GP appointment and a brain scan at York Hospital, Jack was taken to St James's Hospital in Leeds.

From BBC

The findings come from a Stanford Medicine-led study, publishing April 11 in Molecular Psychiatry, that used brain scan data from children, teens and young adults with psychosis.

From Science Daily