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nounthe act of systematically moving a finely focused beam of light or electrons over a surface in order to produce an image of it for analysis or transmissiontype of:
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nounthe process of translating photographs into a digital form that can be recognized by a computertype of:
Definition that contains scanning
- cat a method of examining body organs by scanning them with X rays and using a computer to construct a series of cross-sectional scans along a single axis
- scan an image produced by scanning
- scan the act of scanning; systematic examination of a prescribed region
- ct a method of examining body organs by scanning them with X rays and using a computer to construct a series of cross-sectional scans along a single axis
- computerized tomography a method of examining body organs by scanning them with X rays and using a computer to construct a series of cross-sectional scans along a single axis
- retinal scanning biometric identification by scanning the retina of the eye
- computed axial tomography a method of examining body organs by scanning them with X rays and using a computer to construct a series of cross-sectional scans along a single axis
- finger scan biometric identification by automatically scanning a person's fingerprints electronically
- signature recognition biometric identification by automatically scanning a person's signature and matching it electronically against a library of known signatures
- computed tomography a method of examining body organs by scanning them with X rays and using a computer to construct a series of cross-sectional scans along a single axis