The EMI scanner.

Date:
1975
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Description

Dr James Ambrose enthusiastically introduces the subject of EMI brain scanning, a relatively new technology when this programme was made - now referred to as computed tomography or CT scanning. He begins by describing how the EMI scanner is a far better diagnostic tool than other current methods for looking at the brain: "it requires no great stretch of the imagination to see that what we have required for a long time now is a system which would enable us to look at the structure of the brain without causing the patient fear or discomfort." For the rest of the lecture, Ambrose gives a history of the discovery of EMI scanning, practical demonstrations of the scanner and case studies leading to diagnoses. He uses scans, graphs and diagrams to illustrate his points.

Publication/Creation

London : University of London Audio-Visual Centre, 1975.

Physical description

1 videocassette (Umatic) (34.43 min.) : sound, black and white, PAL.
1 videocassette (1-inch) (34.43 min.) : sound, black and white, PAL.
1 videocassette (digibeta) (34.43 min.) : sound, black and white, PAL.
1 DVD (34.43 min.) : sound, black and white, PAL.

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University of London

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This video is one of around 310 titles, originally broadcast on Channel 7 of the ILEA closed-circuit television network, given to Wellcome Trust from the University of London Audio-Visual Centre shortly after it closed in the late 1980s. Although some of these programmes might now seem rather out-dated, they probably represent the largest and most diversified body of medical video produced in any British university at this time, and give a comprehensive and fascinating view of the state of medical and surgical research and practice in the 1970s and 1980s, thus constituting a contemporary medical-historical archive of great interest. The lectures mostly take place in a small and intimate studio setting and are often face-to-face. The lecturers use a wide variety of resources to illustrate their points, including film clips, slides, graphs, animated diagrams, charts and tables as well as 3-dimensional models and display boards with movable pieces. Some of the lecturers are telegenic while some are clearly less comfortable about being recorded; all are experts in their field and show great enthusiasm to share both the latest research and the historical context of their specialist areas.

Creator/production credits

Presented by Dr James Ambrose, Radiologist, Atkinson Morley's Hospital. Produced by David Clark. Made for British Postgraduate Medical Federation. Made by University of London Audio-Visual Centre.

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