The defendants brought a motion to exclude a SPECT scan from being shown to the jury by the plaintiff's expert neurologist, arguing it was novel science and unreliable for diagnosing a mild traumatic brain injury.
The court dismissed the motion, distinguishing this case from previous decisions where SPECT scans were used as the sole diagnostic tool by a nuclear medicine specialist.
The court permitted the clinical neurologist to refer to the SPECT scan because it was used as one of many diagnostic tools to confirm a clinical diagnosis, and the nuclear medicine specialist's opinions were redacted to prevent undue influence on the jury.
