(medicine) An X-ray of bone taken after injection of radioactive material that accumulates there and reveals its structure.

(medicine) Computed axial tomography scan.

(uncountable, film) The method or practice of adjusting widescreen film images, especially 2.35:1 or 2.39:1 aspect ratio, so that they can be shown within the proportions of a 1.33:1 or 1.78:1 aspect ratio television screen, by cropping off sides of the original widescreen image, as opposed to letterboxing.

(film) Formatted to fit within proportions of a 1.33:1 or 1.78:1 aspect ratio television screen, with sides of the original widescreen image (especially 2.35:1 aspect ratio) cropped off.

(film) To adjust widescreen film images so that they can be shown with standard television aspect ratios by cropping the original image, i.e. using pan and scan methods.

A scan of a single line. / An image built up from such scans. / (photography) A camera that produces such images.

Alternative spelling of pan and scan

Abbreviation of scandalum magnatum.

(retail) To use this system.

(retail, chiefly attributive) An electronic system in a supermarket etc. allowing customers to scan the barcodes on their purchases and pay for them without the need for a cashier.