scanography

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noun

The production of radiographs by scanning with X-rays through a moving, thin slit.

Scrabble 22

Meanings

nounscanography (uncountable)

alternative scannography

  1. uncountablemedicineThe production of radiographs by scanning with X-rays through a moving, thin slit.

    In some modern panoramic units, programs for scanography are available. A scanogram is an image of a restricted area obtained using a narrow collimated radiation beam and a moving image receptor, much the same as applied for the panoramic technique.

    2013, Goran Koch, Sven Poulsen, editors, Pediatric Dentistry: A Clinical Approach, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 87
  2. uncountableartThe process of capturing digitized images of objects using a flatbed scanner for the purpose of creating photographic prints.

    In 2009, she had her first exhibition at Tashkeel in Dubai where she debuted work using scanography, a process of creating photographic prints from layered images captured with a flatbed scanner.

    2023, Sabrina DeTurk, Women and Contemporary Art in the Gulf, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN

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APA

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