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