scan (noun)

the act of scanning; systematic examination of a prescribed region

"he made a thorough scan of the beach with his binoculars"

scan, CAT scan (verb)

an image produced by scanning

"he analyzed the brain scan"; "you could see the tumor in the CAT scan"

scan (verb)

examine minutely or intensely

"the surgeon scanned the X-ray"

scan, skim, rake, glance over, run down (verb)

examine hastily

"She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi"

scan (verb)

make a wide, sweeping search of

"The beams scanned the night sky"

scan (verb)

conform to a metrical pattern

scan (verb)

move a light beam over; in electronics, to reproduce an image

scan (verb)

read metrically

"scan verses"

read, scan (verb)

obtain data from magnetic tapes

"This dictionary can be read by the computer"

scan (Noun)

An instance of scanning.

scan (Noun)

The result or output of a scanning process.

scan (Verb)

To examine sequentially, part by part.

scan (Verb)

To create a digital copy of an image using a scanner.

scan (Verb)

To look about for.

scan (Verb)

To fit or conform to a specific meter.

scan (Verb)

To mount by steps; to go through with step by step.

SCAN

SCAN or Schedules for Clinical Assessment in Neuropsychiatry is a set of tools created by WHO aimed at diagnosing and measuring mental illness that may occur in adult life. It is not constructed explicitly for use with either ICD-10 or DSM-IV but can be used for both systems. The SCAN system was originally called PSE, or Present State Examination, but since version 10 (PSE-10), the commonly accepted name has been SCAN. The current version of SCAN is 2.1.