On the Epistemic Status of Prenatal Ultrasound: Are Ultrasound Scans Photographic Pictures?
Abstract
Medical imaging is predominantly a visual field. In this context, prenatal ultrasound images assume intense social, ethical, and psychological significance by virtue of the subject they represent: the fetus. This feature, along with the sophistication introduced by three-dimensional (3D) ultrasound imaging that allows improved visualization of the fetus, has contributed to the common impression that prenatal ultrasound scans are like photographs...
Paper Details
Title
On the Epistemic Status of Prenatal Ultrasound: Are Ultrasound Scans Photographic Pictures?
Published Date
Jan 14, 2020
Volume
45
Issue
2
Pages
231 - 250
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