a picture of the internal structures in the brain
This is done in hospital by a special machine, which takes lots of pictures of the inside of your brain. The machine can be quite noisy and you have to keep very still but it doesn't hurt at all.
An imaging technique in which a radioactive dye (radionucleide) is injected into the blood stream and then pictures of the brain are taken to detect tumors, hemorrhages, blood clots, abscesses or abnormal anatomy.
A technique in which radioactive dye is injected into a vein, so images of the brain can be recorded. Brain scans may be used to detect cancers starting in the brain tissue or from other areas of the body.
A type of x-ray examination using a radioactive dye injected into a vein that will show injury, disease or healing.
Images of the brain are shown after an injection of a small amount of radioactive material into a vein.