High sensitivity and high specificity of TBI diagnostic imaging using PET

Peer reviewed presentation at the 2013 Society of Biological Psychiatry in San Francisco

Altered fractional anisotropy in cerebellum of individuals with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder

Peer reviewed presentation at 2017 Society of Behavioral Medicine meeting in San Diego

 

Comparison of F-18 FDG PET Glucose scans in murderers with brain injury vs. civil injury patients vs. normal controls.

Peer reviewed presentation at the 2018 International Brain Injury Association meeting in Houston, Texas

 
 

Sensitivity and specificity with DTI z-map assessment of brain injury

Peer reviewed presentation at the North American Brain Injury Society meeting in San Antonio, Texas in 2015

Sensitivity and specificity in brain injury diagnostic methods using statistical parametric mapping of resting FDG

Peer reviewed presentation at the North American Brain Injury Society meeting in 2016

 
 

Internationally recognized for brain scan studies and as an expert witness in over 200 cases on forensic applications of PET and DTI scans. Dr. Wu has published over 60 articles on PET and DTI scan findings in traumatic brain injury, likely chronic traumatic encephalopathy, carbon monoxide encephalopathy, toxic solvent encephalopathy, Parkinson’s disease, schizophrenia, depression, and addictions.

Dr. Joseph C. Wu                                                       Professor Emeritus,                                                   University of California Irvine                                            Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior