Scan

Scan may refer to:

Acronyms:

• Schedules for Clinical Assessment in Neuropsychiatry (SCAN), a psychiatric diagnostic tool developed by WHO
• Shared Check Authorization Network (SCAN), a database of bad check writers and collection agency for bad checks
• Space Communications and Navigation Program (SCaN)
• S.C.A.N, Stop Child Abuse and Neglect, non-for profit organization based in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Businesses:

• Scan Furniture, a retail chain based in Washington, D.C. specializing in Scandinavian furniture
• Scan AB or Scan Foods UK Ltd, the Swedish and UK subsdiaries of the Finnish HKScan Oyj
• Seattle Community Access Network (SCAN) is the public access TV channel is Seattle, Washington

Electronics or computer related:

• Counter-scanning, in physical micro and nanotopography measuring instruments like scanning probe microscope
• Elevator algorithm (also SCAN) disk scheduling algorithm
• Image scanner
• image scanning
• Optical character recognition, optical recognition of printed text or printed sheet music
• Port scanner in computer networking
• Prefix sum is an operation on lists that is also known as the scan operator
• Scan chain, a type of manufacturing test used with integrated circuits

Medical:

• Medical ultrasonography, the medical procedure for examining internal structures, especially when applied to developing foetuses in the womb
• X-ray computed tomography
• Magnetic resonance imaging
• Switch Access Scanning, a technique that allows users with motor impairments to use a computer using switch access
• Partner assisted scanning, a technique that allows a person with severe disabilities to communicate

Other uses:

• Systems of scansion, the analysis of writing and verse regarding rhythmic and especially metrical structure
• "Scan" (Prison Break episode), an episode of the television series Prison Break
• Scan (horse) (born 1988), an American thoroughbred racehorse

See also

• SCAN
• Scanner (disambiguation)