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Meaning of "brain scanner" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BRAIN SCANNER

brain scanner  [breɪn ˈskænə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BRAIN SCANNER

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Brain scanner is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BRAIN SCANNER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

History of neuroimaging

The first neuroimaging technique ever is the so-called ‘human circulation balance’ invented by Angelo Mosso in the 1880s and able to non-invasively measure the redistribution of blood during emotional and intellectual activity. Then, in the early 1900s, a technique called pneumoencephalography was set. This process involved draining the cerebrospinal fluid from around the brain and replacing it with air, altering the relative density of the brain and its surroundings, to cause it to show up better on an x-ray, and it was considered to be incredibly unsafe for patients. A form of magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography were developed in the 1970s and 1980s. The new MRI and CT technologies were considerably less harmful and are explained in greater detail below. Next came SPECT and PET scans, which allowed scientists to map brain function because, unlike MRI and CT, these scans could create more than just static images of the brain's structure. Learning from MRI, PET and SPECT scanning, scientists were able to develop functional MRI with abilities that opened the door to direct observation of cognitive activities.

Definition of brain scanner in the English dictionary

The definition of brain scanner in the dictionary is a machine that produces an image of the brain, used in medical diagnosis and scientific research.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BRAIN SCANNER


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banner
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canna
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canner
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Diana
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Guiana
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Guyana
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Hanna
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Hannah
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Indiana
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joanna
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Louisiana
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manner
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manor
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Montana
mɒnˈtænə
planner
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Savannah
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scanner
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scintiscanner
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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BRAIN SCANNER

brain candy
brain cell
brain coral
brain damage
brain death
brain drain
brain fever
brain fingerprinting
brain gain
brain haemorrhage
brain scan
brain surgeon
brain trust
brain tumour
brain up
brain wave
brain-damaged
brain-fever bird
brain-teaser
brain-twister

WORDS THAT END LIKE BRAIN SCANNER

bedside manner
body scanner
channer
city planner
CT scanner
dinner
japanner
nuclear magnetic resonance scanner
optical scanner
panner
paraplanner
ring spanner
route planner
spanner
Star-Spangled Banner
the Star-Spangled Banner
town planner
ultrasound scanner
urban planner
vanner
wanner

Synonyms and antonyms of brain scanner in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «brain scanner» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BRAIN SCANNER

Find out the translation of brain scanner to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of brain scanner from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «brain scanner» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

大脑扫描仪
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

escáner cerebral
570 millions of speakers

English

brain scanner
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मस्तिष्क स्कैनर
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

الماسح الضوئي الدماغ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сканер мозга
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

scanner cerebral
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মস্তিষ্ক স্ক্যানার
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

scanner cérébral
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pengimbas otak
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Computertomograph
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

脳スキャナ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

뇌 스캐너
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pemindai otak
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

máy quét não
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மூளை ஸ்கேனர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मेंदू स्कॅनर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Beyin tarayıcı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

scanner cerebrale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

skaner mózgu
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

сканер мозку
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

scaner creier
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σαρωτή εγκεφάλου
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

brein skandeerder
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hjärna scanner
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hjerneskanner
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of brain scanner

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BRAIN SCANNER»

The term «brain scanner» is normally little used and occupies the 149.684 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BRAIN SCANNER» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «brain scanner» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «brain scanner» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about brain scanner

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BRAIN SCANNER»

Discover the use of brain scanner in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to brain scanner and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Quantification of Brain Function Using PET
The minimum distance between the detector rings of the two gantries is ~10 cm, so that most subjects can place their arms between the gantries. The brain scanner can move perpendicular to the bed axis (perpendicular to the figure), allowing ...
‎1996
2
Mind and Brain Sciences in the 21st Century
... What to Do with Your Own Personal Brain Scanner ALAN GEVINS.
Robert L. Solso, 1999
3
Exploring Brain Functional Anatomy with Positron Tomography
The block is coupled to four photomultiplier tubes (PMTs), and the relative distribution of light between the four PMTs is used to localize the most probable detector among the 64 possible candidates. For this brain scanner, two circular arrays, ...
CIBA Foundation Symposium, R. Porter, 2008
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New Scientist
Including £14 000 for the capital expenditure on an EMI brain scanner (allowing for 10 years' life), the total outgoings per year on a scanner are estimated at around £29 685 for an annual throughput of 2000 patients. Savings, on the other  ...
5
DIY Super Human - Mod Your Bod
The Brain Scanner (Figure K) allows you to see the nerve activity on your retina, and because your retina is considered part of your brain, you will actually be seeing your own brain activity. This effect was first reported in 1825 and is called “the ...
Mark Frauenfelder, 2012
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Radiopharmaceuticals and Brain Pathophysiology Studied with ...
Reid, W. B. and Johns, H. E., An automatic brain scanner. Int. J. Appl. Radiat. Isot. . 3. 1. 1958. 15. Feindel, W., Stratford, J., Cowan, G. A. B., and Fedoruk, S., Radioactive encephalography: automatic brain scanning using radioactive iodinated ...
M. Diksic, Richard C. Reba, 1990
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Making up the Mind: How the Brain Creates Our Mental World
By using a brain scanner, I could probably tell whether you were imagining moving your finger or your foot. But, as yet, I probably could not tell which finger you were thinking about. Figure p.7 Brain imagesof real movement and imaginary ...
Chris Frith, 2013
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Health Care Technology And Its Assessment In Eight Countries
The advantages of this brain scanner were quickly recognized; the competing technologies of cerebral angiography, pneumoencephalography, and isotope scanning were more invasive, riskier, and more uncomfortable for the patient.
H. David Banta, 1995
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Health care technology and its assessment in eight countries
The advantages of this brain scanner were quickly recognized; the competing technologies of cerebral angiography, pneumo-encephalography, and isotope scanning were more invasive, riskier, and more uncomfortable for the patient.
Office of technology assessment washington dc, 1995
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A History of Neurosurgery: In Its Scientific and ...
Benedict Caseen described the first rectilinear brain scanner in 1951, which was a great advance in detecting the direction from which the gamma rays emerged. 18 In this scanner, a lead shield over the detector allows only photons coming ...
Samuel H. Greenblatt, T. Forcht Dagi, Mel H. Epstein, 1997

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BRAIN SCANNER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term brain scanner is used in the context of the following news items.
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Do these eight things and you will be more creative and insightful …
I'd love to stuff someone in a brain scanner and wait for them to have an insight. But that's not practical. So we give people what are called ... «SBS, Jul 15»
2
Peeking into the brain's filing system - BBC News
By getting people to learn and remember imaginary scenarios while inside a brain scanner, Dr Aidan Horner and his colleagues at University ... «BBC News, Jul 15»
3
On the psychological impact of food colour
... the practical difficulties associated with delivering flavours while a participant lies in the brain scanner, it is perhaps understandable that there ... «Teatro Naturale, Jun 15»
4
Rats dream about the places they wish to go
In one experiment, people slept inside a brain scanner and were then woken up and asked to describe their dreams. The brain patterns ... «New Scientist, Jun 15»
5
The Struggle Against Sleep: What Happens In Your Brain When You …
After 22 hours with no shut-eye, Ong and her colleagues asked participants to lie in a dark brain scanner to undergo two six-minute scans. «Medical Daily, Jun 15»
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What's Happening in Your Brain When You Can't Stay Awake
After being awake for 22 straight hours, the participants were asked to lay in the dark inside a brain scanner for two six-minute scans — and to ... «New York Magazine, Jun 15»
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Why This Has Been the Week for Crazies
In their experiments, they asked participants to enter a brain scanner and called a functional MRI so they could identify areas of the brain that ... «Brooklyn Reader, Jun 15»
8
The Benefits of Mind-Wandering
Stick people in a brain scanner, and when their minds are wandering, one region that activates is the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (dlPFC). «Wall Street Journal, Jun 15»
9
Why do we fall in love?
So we put them in the brain scanner,” Helen says. The brain scans showed that couples who reported being in love had more activity in the ... «The Australian Women's Weekly, Jun 15»
10
First-person shooter Bedlam to release on PS4
... suddenly finds herself stuck in the virtual world of a video game after testing out a brain scanner. Different levels feature elements reminiscent ... «IGN Africa, Jun 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Brain scanner [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/brain-scanner>. May 2024 ».
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