Brain 'imaging' in the Renaissance

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 100, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 540-543

  Paluzzi, Alessandro ^a,d   Belli, Antonio ^b   Bain, Peter ^c   Viva, Laura ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; BRAIN AQUEDUCT; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FORAMEN MAGNUM; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TRACT; PHILOSOPHY OF MEDICINE; RELIGION; SHORT SURVEY; SPINAL CORD; SYMBOLISM; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 38849182345     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jrsm.100.12.540     Document Type: Short Survey

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