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A boon to understanding the brain has been the advances in imaging technologies. Most people have probably seen the pictures of the brain and may have thought that they were seeing something like a photograph. Unfortunately, technology has not gotten to the point to literally take a picture of the brain. What we have instead are indirect measures which, when combined with advanced statistical calculations, allow for estimates that approximate the brain’s structure and function. This chapter offers fascinating details about the development of imaging technologies and what the main technologies used today actually do. The chapter covers staining techniques, X-Ray CAT and CT, SPECT, rCBF, PET, MRI, fMRI, EEG, ERPs, MEG, and TMS.
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Alexander Simpkins, C., Simpkins, A.M. (2013). Neuroimaging Technologies. In: Neuroscience for Clinicians. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-4842-6_5
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