Legal and ethical issues in neuroimaging research: human subjects protection, medical privacy, and the public communication of research results

摘要: Abstract Humans subjects research entails significant legal and ethical obligations. Neuroimaging researchers must be familiar with the requirements of human protection, including evolving standards for protection privacy disclosure risk in “non-therapeutic” research. Techniques creating veridical surface renderings from volumetric anatomical imaging data raise new concerns, particularly under federal medical regulation. Additionally, neuroimaging consider their obligation to communicate results responsibly. The emerging field neuroethics should strive awareness these issues involve legal, ethical, policy debates that currently surround