head scan
Cranial diagnostic image
A head scan is a medical imaging procedure that produces detailed pictures of the brain and skull.
CT scans and MRIs are the most common types, used to detect tumors, bleeding, strokes, or other abnormalities: The doctor ordered a head scan after the accident.
Also called a brain scan.
- brainSeat of cognition
- brain injuryDamage to cranial organ
- MRIMagnetic body imaging
- MRI machineMagnetic medical imaging apparatus
- CTTomographic imaging method
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- scans
- medical imagingMRI, X-ray, mammogram, ultrasound, computed tomography
diagnostic method
head scanphysical examination
Medical evaluation of body
visual inspection · palpation · blood test · clinical observation · biopsy
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