Publications
Professor Emeritus UCI Medical School Joseph C. Wu M.D.
Peer-reviewed presentations
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
Imaging assessment of brain injury or neuropsychiatric disorders using positron emission tomography (PET), magnetic resonance imaging diffusion tensor imaging (MRI DTI), and MRI quantitative volumetrics by Dr. Joseph Wu. Dr. Wu is a professor emeritus of the University of California Irvine (UCI) Psychiatry Department and a faculty member of the UCI Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship program based at Patton State Hospital where he teaches about PET and MRI DTI to forensic fellows.