brain scan
Neural picture procedure
A brain scan is a medical imaging procedure that produces visual representations of brain structure or activity.
CT scans and MRIs show anatomy; PET scans and fMRIs reveal metabolic function.
Doctors order brain scans to detect tumors, bleeding, or damage: The brain scan showed no abnormalities after the accident.
- neuroimagingVisualizing nervous system structure
- SPECTGamma-emitting radiotracer imaging method
- MRIMagnetic body imaging
- diagnosisIdentification of illness
- gray matterBrain's cognitive tissue
white matter · hippocampus · cerebral cortex · thalamus · nuclear medicine · EEG · basal ganglia · Parkinson's disease · Alzheimer's disease · medical imaging · diagnostic imaging · dementia · epilepsy · memory loss · cognitive function · radiology · skull · reading minds
- scans
- brain scienceneurons, synapses, neuron, cortex, neuropsychology
- medical imagingMRI, X-ray, mammogram, ultrasound, computed tomography
- Neuropsychologycognition, memory test, cognitive test, executive function, working memory
- Brain MeasuresEEG, fMRI, MRI images, neural activity, PET scans
- lie detectionpolygraph, lie detector, polygraph test, polygraph tests, truth serum