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Process of using an electronic input device to convert analog information from media such as maps, photographs, or overlays into a digital format usable by a computer.
Ãâó: www.uky.edu/KGS/mapping/pages/glossary.html
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| scanning m. |
an electron microscope in which a beam of electrons scans over a specimen point by point, causing the emission of a secondary beam that makes an image on the fluorescent screen of a cathode ray tube; differences in depth over the surface may be imaged in three dimensions.
Ãâó: www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns_health_library.j...
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| scanning s. |
1. slurring, monotonous speech sometimes seen in multiple sclerosis. 2. staccato s.
Ãâó: www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns_health_library.j...
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| scanning laser o. |
an instrument for retinal imaging in which light from a low-power laser beam that scans the retina is reflected back to a sensor; the light detected by the sensor is used to create a full-color composite digital image.
Ãâó: www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns_health_library.j...
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| scanning |
The process by which raster data is captured from paper maps.
Ãâó: hds.essex.ac.uk/g2gp/gis/sect101.asp
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