The semiotics of ‘difference’ in Roentgen diagnosis
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Robert M Cantor
Robert M. Cantor, PhD, MD (b. 1936) is Associate Professor of Clinical Radiology at the University of Cincinnati 〈cantorrm@healthall.com〉. His principal research interest is the semiotics of Roentgen diagnosis. His major publications include ‘A sign for the early detection of medullary sclerosis’ (with K. R. Kattan, 1993); ‘Foundations of Roentgen semiotics’ (2000); ‘A pragmatic typology of Roentgen signs’ (2002); ‘Verisimilitude in Roentgen semiotics’ (2003); and ‘Roentgen semiotic grammar’ (2003).
Abstract
This is a phenomenological study of the mental processes involved in the reading of Roentgen images. Its conceptual basis is in Roentgen semiotics, an adaptation of Peircean semiotics that incorporates the linguistic concept of markedness. It is shown that the notions of ‘abnormality’ and ‘change’ in Roentgen diagnosis are represented by signs of ‘difference.’ Differential signs for the detection, localization or identification of ‘abnormality’ or ‘change’ are constructed by means of Roentgen semiotic grammar.
About the author
Robert M. Cantor, PhD, MD (b. 1936) is Associate Professor of Clinical Radiology at the University of Cincinnati 〈cantorrm@healthall.com〉. His principal research interest is the semiotics of Roentgen diagnosis. His major publications include ‘A sign for the early detection of medullary sclerosis’ (with K. R. Kattan, 1993); ‘Foundations of Roentgen semiotics’ (2000); ‘A pragmatic typology of Roentgen signs’ (2002); ‘Verisimilitude in Roentgen semiotics’ (2003); and ‘Roentgen semiotic grammar’ (2003).
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