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Assessment and Communication for People with Disorders of Consciousness
Published on: August 1, 2017
Functional brain imaging in the clinical assessment of consciousness
Michael S Rafii1, James B Brewer
1Department of Neurosciences, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America.
Plos Biology
|December 15, 2010
Abstract:
Recent findings suggest that functional brain imaging might be used to identify consciousness in patients diagnosed with persistent vegetative state and minimally conscious state. Michael Rafii and James Brewer discuss the potential for fMRI's wider implementation in clinical practice, and associated caveats.
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