The advancements that have taken place in brain scanning technology over the past few years have improved the diagnosing of many brain disorders and abnormalities. Advancements in medical science have been improving since the time sanitation was discovered, when illness was cured with home remedies and beliefs in spiritual healing, but despite medical advancements throughout the centuries, the brain has continued to be a complex puzzle of uncertainty and misdiagnosis. That is until this generation, which has evolved into x-ray imaging, and advanced brain scanning technology, enabling neurologists to analyze the brain without performing exploratory surgery and risking injury to the patient. (Sylwester, 2004) Today, with the progression of technology, diseases such as Alzheimer’s, Autism, Epilepsy, and other brain abnormalities can be treated, understood, and controlled better then before the advancements in medical imaging. (Sylwester, 2004)
Previous to the Twenty Century, the brain was studied, analyzed, and treated through primitive methods. Such Methods included exploratory surgery and a microsurgical procedure, known as Lobotomy. The brain is one of the most complex systems in nature, with a structured complex connectivity. This organ, if damaged, can cause severe personality altercations and cripple motor skills of individuals. Injuries can become so severe that individuals suffering from damage directly to the brain could become unable to support themselves with out assistance. Brain surgery in all forms has been performed in all Civilizations and all cultures throughout the world. Even as far back as 1,800 years ago the Greek performed brain surgery by drilling a hole into the left side of the skull, in an attempt to save a woman’s life, who suffered of crucial pain in her head. Because there was no scanning technology back then, the best brain surgeons could do was to drill holes into the skull by slowly scraping the bone away around the edges to...