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The usefulness of CBF brain SPECT in forensic medicine: the civil law code cases. A description of four cases
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Abstract
MATERIAL AND METHODS: CBF SPECT scanning was performed in four patients utilising 99mTc-ECD and a triple-head gammacamera. In the analysis both the asymmetry index and cerebellar normalisation were applied. Reference values were obtained by studying 30 healthy volunteers.
RESULTS: In those cases CBF SPECT scanning played an important role in forensic argument. It influenced the sentence and the amount of financial compensation.
CONCLUSIONS: CBF SPECT scanning may provide valuable information in forensic medicine argument in civil law cases, but only when taken together with psychometric tests and other neuroimaging methods (CT, MRI). The value of CBF SPECT scanning alone may be limited in judicial proceedings.
Abstract
MATERIAL AND METHODS: CBF SPECT scanning was performed in four patients utilising 99mTc-ECD and a triple-head gammacamera. In the analysis both the asymmetry index and cerebellar normalisation were applied. Reference values were obtained by studying 30 healthy volunteers.
RESULTS: In those cases CBF SPECT scanning played an important role in forensic argument. It influenced the sentence and the amount of financial compensation.
CONCLUSIONS: CBF SPECT scanning may provide valuable information in forensic medicine argument in civil law cases, but only when taken together with psychometric tests and other neuroimaging methods (CT, MRI). The value of CBF SPECT scanning alone may be limited in judicial proceedings.
Keywords
SPECT; cerebral blood flow; forensic medicine
Title
The usefulness of CBF brain SPECT in forensic medicine: the civil law code cases. A description of four cases
Journal
Issue
Article type
Brief communication
Pages
45-47
Published online
2003-01-03
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Bibliographic record
Nucl. Med. Rev 2003;6(1):45-47.
Keywords
SPECT
cerebral blood flow
forensic medicine
Authors
Maciej Piskunowicz
Maciej Krzyżanowski
Piotr Lass
Tomasz Bandurski