Original sentence: An MRI could not be done without first surgically removing experimental electrodes which were implanted within her brain in 1992, something that Michael Schiavo chose not to do.At any rate, neither a PET nor an MRI could have changed the fundamental finding of both X-rays and CAT, which is that over 50 percent of Terri's brain is destroyed.Leon Prockop (a professor and former chairman of the neurology department at the University of South Florida's College of Medicine) was quoted by the Sun-Sentinel as saying that Schiavo's scan exhibits the "most severe brain damage as I've ever seen.Schiavo was not evaluated with a PET scan in her current condition, though she could have undergone one.Schiavo's position.The two doctors selected by Schiavo's parents (one of whom was a radiologist, not a neurologist; the other of whom made several claims about therapies supposedly developed by him which the court found spurious) supported their conclusion; the two doctors selected by Schiavo's husband and the doctor appointed by the court supported Mr
Edited sentence: A PET scan could have been done in her condition.An MRI was not immediately possible because of thalamic implants that Schiavo had received in 1992; they were intended for therapy but did not improve Schiavo's condition.Leon Prockop (a professor and former chairman of the neurology department at the University of South Florida's College of Medicine) was quoted by the Sun-Sentinel as saying that Schiavo's scan exhibits the "most severe brain damage as I've ever seen".Michael Schiavo chose not to have them removed, against the recommendation of the doctor who implanted them.Schiavo was not evaluated with the more detailed techniques of a PET scan and an MRI.The two doctors selected by Schiavo's husband and the doctor appointed by the court disagreed.The two doctors selected by Schiavo's parents decided that Schiavo was not in PVS.They could have been surgically removed, making an MRI possible