head scanning

head scanning

[′hed ‚skan·iŋ]
(industrial engineering)
Scanning of the visual field by using movement of both the head and the eyeballs.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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