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)
Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience (journal)
Stop Child Abuse and Neglect (SCAN), a non-for-profit organization dedicated to the elimination of child abuse.

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 subsidiaries of the Finnish HKScan Oyj
Seattle Community Access Network (SCAN) is the public access TV channel is Seattle, Washington
Scan (organisation), a software company based in Provo, Utah
Société de Constructions Aéro-Navales de Port-Neuf (SCAN), a defunct French aircraft company that specialized in flying boats.

Electronics or computer related:

3D scanning
Counter-scanning, in physical micro and nanotopography measuring instruments like scanning probe microscope
Elevator algorithm (also SCAN) disk scheduling algorithm
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
Graham scan, an algorithm for finding the convex hull of a set of points in the plane
Scan line
Screen reading on computers to quickly locate text elements and images
Raster scan

Medical:

DMSA scan is a radionuclide scan used in kidney studies
Medical imaging
Medical ultrasonography, the medical procedure for examining internal structures, especially when applied to developing foetuses in the womb
CT scan
Magnetic resonance imaging, MRI scan
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: Student Comment and News, the student newspaper at Lancaster University
"Scan" (Prison Break episode), an episode of the television series Prison Break
Scanning (journal), a scientific journal published by Hindawi

See also