Sequential computerized tomography and positron emission tomography studies in a patient with malignant glioma

1987 ◽  
Vol 8 (7) ◽  
pp. 457-468 ◽  
Author(s):  
JANE B. ALAVI ◽  
ABASS ALAVI ◽  
HERBERT I. GOLDBERG ◽  
ROBERT DANN ◽  
WILLIAM HICKEY ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Positron Emission Tomography ◽  
Malignant Glioma ◽  
Computerized Tomography ◽  
Emission Tomography ◽  
Positron Emission

Endoscopic Ultrasound, Positron Emission Tomography, and Computerized Tomography for Lung Cancer

2003 ◽  
Vol 168 (11) ◽  
pp. 1293-1297 ◽  
Author(s):  
Annette Fritscher-Ravens ◽  
Bruce L. Davidson ◽  
Hans-Peter Hauber ◽  
Karl H. Bohuslavizki ◽  
Christoph Bobrowski ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lung Cancer ◽  
Positron Emission Tomography ◽  
Computerized Tomography ◽  
Endoscopic Ultrasound ◽  
Emission Tomography ◽  
Positron Emission

Objective Brains, Prejudicial Images

1999 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 173-201 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph Dumit
Keyword(s):  
Positron Emission Tomography ◽  
Popular Culture ◽  
Computerized Tomography ◽  
Emission Tomography ◽  
Brain Images ◽  
Positron Emission ◽  
Undue Risk

The ArgumentIn this article I argue that brain images constructed with computerized tomography (CT) and positron emission tomography (PET) are part of a category of “expert images” and are both visually persuasive and also particularly difficult to interpret and understand by non-experts. Following the innovative judicial analogy of “demonstrative evidence” traced by Jennifer Mnookin (1998), I show how brain images are more than mere illustrations when they enter popular culture and courtrooms. Attending to the role of experts in producing data in the form of images, in selecting extreme images for publication, and in testifying as to their relevance, I argue that there is an undue risk in courtrooms that brain images will not be seen as prejudiced, stylized representations of correlation, but rather as straightforward, objective photographs of, for example, madness.

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