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scanography

scanography noun: the production of radiographs by scanning with X-rays through a moving, thin slit.

Noun

scanography (uncountable)

  1. The 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. The 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

Forms of scanography

alternative formscannography

Origin of scanography

Blend of scan + radiography or scanner + photography.

Questions about scanography

What does scanography mean?
Scanography means the production of radiographs by scanning with X-rays through a moving, thin slit.
What part of speech is scanography?
Scanography is a noun.

Words near scanography in the dictionary

  1. scanoe
  2. scanoes
  3. scanogram
  4. scanograms
  5. scanographic
  6. scanography
  7. scanometric
  8. scanos
  9. scanout
  10. scanpath
  11. scanpaths

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