Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
brain scan
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Ansah was carried off with concussion at Luton on Saturday, but had a precautionary brain scan and reported fit this morning.
▪ Clearly a brain scan was needed.
▪ He was given a brain scan there that showed he did not need immediate brain surgery.
▪ He was pulled from the game after the hit, and sent to a hospital for a brain scan.
▪ Shame he's not a proctologist-he could have given Fat Barry a brain scan.
▪ The brain scan, the chest scan, the throat and bone scans all said the cancer had gone.
▪ We took him to hospital and he had various tests and a brain scan.
▪ Yet another picture shows her in hospital having a brain scan.
Usage examples of "brain scan".
She needed a medical staff, electronic programs, brain scan machines, all manner of things.
When she was cleared, she tugged on the blue jumpsuit provided, followed the directions into the adjoining room for the brain scan.
Well, he didn't suppose he was in real trouble until a brain scan taken of him in his two different uniforms produced two different patterns.
As soon as Miles arrived in sick bay, an anxious tech administered a brain scan, drew blood, took samples of every fluid his body could be made to exude, and rechecked every vital sign he possessed.