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Rudolf A Werner1, Brent Savoie2, Mehrbod S Javadi3
1The Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Division of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland; Department of Nuclear Medicine, Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany; Hannover Medical School, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Hannover, Germany.
Abstract:
Recent years have witnessed an expanded use of single-photon emission CT and PET for a wide range of clinical applications, including imaging of brain abnormalities. As a result, molecular brain imaging is now being more extensively utilized in criminal cases, in particular in the sentencing phase of a trial. This perspective aims to provide a brief overview for the practicing radiologist of this expanded use of single-photon emission CT and PET in criminal cases and will discuss the role of radiology in this field.
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