Initially, Dr Zeki employed a scanning technique called positron-emission tomography to investigate these regions.

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Daniel Langleben, of the University of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia, uses a brain-scanning technique called functional magnetic-resonance imaging to probe his subjects' honesty.

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In a separate news article I have written about the extraordinary brain-scanning technique which is being used to help some vegetative patients to communicate.

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The company's biggest worry is that someone will come up with a scanning technique that makes it possible to generate three-dimensional images without building models.

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Rotenberg sees the ZBVs as mobile versions of the same full-body scanning technique that has tested Americans' tolerance for intrusion as it's been deployed in airports around the country.

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At the huge Los Angeles County fair in September, Levi Strauss will peddle a body-scanning technique that will allow fairgoers to find the perfect pair of jeans in 10 seconds, says Mary Ann Halford of the Fair Network, a company which arranges sponsorships.

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Google is also interested in scanning newspapers for reported disease outbreaks, a technique that has proved valuable in countries whose health authorities instinctively suppress information about epidemics.

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This fellowship will enable her to make several trips to Canada and the USA to the two leading laboratories in Scanning Transmission X-Ray Microscopy, a technique which Dr Coker will employ to image bacteria and minerals in real world environment.

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