Forensic applications of cerebral single photon emission computed tomography in mild traumatic brain injury

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 310-322

  Wortzel, Hal S ^a   Filley, Christopher M ^a   Anderson, C Alan ^a   Oster, Timothy ^a   Anciniegas, David B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN METABOLISM; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; ISOTOPE LABELING; LEGAL ASPECT; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROGNOSIS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

BRAIN INJURIES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 54949101999     PISSN: 10936793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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