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"By showing us the human brain at work, PET (positron emission tomography) scans are subtly--and sometimes not so subtly--transforming how we think about our minds. This book follows this remarkable and expensive technology from the laboratory into the world and back. It examines how PET scans...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dumit, Joseph
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2004.
Colección:In-formation series.
Temas:
Brain > Tomography.
Brain > Tomography > Social aspects.
Radioisotope scanning.
Tomography, Emission.
Brain > diagnostic imaging
Radionuclide Imaging
Tomography, Emission-Computed
Personhood
Cerveau > Tomographie.
Cerveau > Tomographie > Aspect social.
Scintigraphie.
Tomographie par émission.
MEDICAL > Diagnostic Imaging.
Tomography, Emission
Radioisotope scanning
Brain > Tomography
Positronemissietomografie.
Hersenen.
Visualisatie.
Lichaam en geest.
Persoonlijkheid.
Identiteit.
Sociale aspecten.
Individualidade.
Identidade.
Tomografia.
Cérebro (aspectos sociais)
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Ch. 1. Introduction
  • Ch. 2. Metaphors, Histories, and Visions of PET
  • Ch. 3. Producing Brain Images of Mind
  • Ch. 4. Ways of Seeing Brains as Expert Images
  • Ch. 5. Traveling Images, Popularizing Brains
  • Ch. 6. Conclusion: Here Is a PET Image of a Person that Shows Depression.

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