brain scanner

See also: brain-scanner and brainscanner

English

Alternative forms

• brain-scanner, brainscanner

Noun

brain scanner (plural brain scanners)

1. (neuroscience) A device used to perform brain imaging.
   • 2006, Ammar Al-Chalabi, Martin R. Turner, R. Shane Delamont, The Brain: A Beginner's Guide, Oneworld Publications, published 2011, page 208:

     Fortunately all this was superseded in the 1970s, by the invention of the first brain scanner.

Related terms

• brainscan