A curious consensus: "Brain scans prove disease"?

Ethical Human Psychology and Psychiatry

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 55-60

  Jackson, Grace E ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional MRI; Neuroimaging; Neurovascular coupling; PET

Indexed keywords

BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE SUBTRACTION; MENTAL DISEASE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 33644597144     PISSN: 15594343     EISSN: 19389000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/ehpp.8.1.55     Document Type: Review

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