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    Magnetic appeal : MRI and the myth of transparency / Kelly A. Joyce.

    • Title:Magnetic appeal : MRI and the myth of transparency / Kelly A. Joyce.
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    • Author/Creator:Joyce, Kelly A. (Kelly Ann), 1966-
    • Published/Created:Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2008.
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Magnetic resonance imaging.
      Magnetic resonance imaging--United States.
    • Description:viii, 198 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages [173]-192) and index.
    • ISBN:0801474566 (paper)
      9780801474569 (paper)
      0801444896 (cloth)
      9780801444890 (cloth)
    • Contents:1. MRI as Cultural Icon
      2. Painting by Numbers: The Development of Magnetic Resonance Imaging and the Visual Turn in Medicine
      3. Seeing Is Believing: The Transformation of MRI Examinations into Authoritative Knowledge
      4. Image Factory: Work Practices in MRI Units
      5. Political Economy of Magnetic Resonance Imaging
      6. Sacred Technology? Theorizing Visual Knowledge in the Twenty-first Century
      App. Research Methodology.
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