S. N. Goenka made this technique well known in the West, although his teacher U Ba Khin deserves a great deal of credit as well. There are a number of ways to do a body scan, but the most effective way for generating access concentration seems to be to sweep your attention systematically over every square inch of the surface of your body, noticing whatever sensation you can along the way. Don’t worry if you encounter places where there are no sensations—zero is a valid number.
