Object

• horizon: There are those of course who are happy to stand at the railings, even scan the horizon.

• microscope: Surfaces exposed to acidic soft drinks were compared with control surfaces under a scanning electron microscope.

• micrograph: A colour-enhanced, scanning electron micrograph of the lining of the upper vagina.

• calorimetry: Microstructures were studied using a combination of differential scanning calorimetry ( DSC ) and transmission electron microscopy ( TEM ).

Converse of object

• compute: Each course was repeated every 21 days. Response was assessed by extramural review of computed tomography scans.

Adjective modifier

• tomographic: Chest X-ray films and computed tomographic scans disclosed left pleural effusion and diffuse pleural thickening.

• progressive: Q: What is required to display progressive scan DVD?

• quick: You can choose to do a quick scan for low accuracy conversions, ideal for getting an idea across.

• facial: In its enrollment trial last summer, the Passport Service captured iris scans, fingerprints, and facial scans.

Noun used with modifier

• ultrasound: Ultrasound Ultrasound scans are a way of producing pictures of inside the body using sound waves.

• iris: Both retina and iris scans are currently being used in government and corporate security systems around the world.

• brain: Brain scans of patients with schizophrenia showed a 5 to 10 per cent loss of brain tissue, especially in the left temporal lobes.

• bone: The only way to be forewarned of this problem is to have occasional bone scans.

Used with why or when

• which: During the ten days Callum was in hospital he was given an EEG scan which showed he was in seizure all the time.

Preposition: of

• abdomen: A CT scan of the abdomen was performed ( Figure 3 ).