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Well, here's her CT from the mid-90s I think. The two large dark blobs are empty space (the ventricles), the lighter stuff on the outside is brain matter. I don't think anyone would question it's badly damaged compared to a regular cortex; as for exactly what is missing and what it means for her condition, I don't have a medical degree so I can't say.

Never heard that EEG stuff either. Wonder what the heck he's talking about.

Interesting CT photo there. But it may not qualify as detailed enough:

But in spite of the lack of advanced testing, such as an MRI, attorney George Felos has claimed that Terri’s cerebral cortex has “liquefied,” and doctors for Michael Schiavo have claimed, on the basis of the CT scans, that parts of Terri’s cerebral cortex “have been replaced by fluid.” The problem with such contentions is that the available evidence can’t support them. Dr. Zabiega explained that “a CT scan can’t resolve the kind of detail needed” to make such a pronouncement: “A CT scan is like a blurry photograph.” Dr. William Bell, a professor of neurology at Wake Forest University Medical School, agrees: “A CT scan doesn’t give much detail. In order to see it on a CT, you have to have massive damage.” Is it possible that Terri has that sort of “massive” brain damage? According to Dr. Bell, that isn’t likely. Sometimes, he said, even patients who are PVS have a “normal or near normal” MRI.

http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/johansen200503160848.asp

Has Zabiega seen the CT of Terri? Perhaps he would change his mind on the need for an MRI or PET.

If not, I'd like him to show CT scans of other patients similar to the one of Terri's you posted, with comparison MRIs and PETs, and accompanying descriptions of the patients and their progress in therapy.

BTW, do you have a source/link for the photo?

Take a good look at that scan. Her entire brain is missing. That white stuff you see on the outer edges is connective tissue,sort of like cartlage, the material that forms the various chambers where brain material is supposed to be.You can plainly see that these various chambers are empty.
You can see at the very front there looks to be some material there, as small amount on the right and left shperes. It too is markedly different from healthy looking tissue, is front lobe material, and isn't connected to anything. it's probably just scar tissue now. or dead material that is slowly dissolving.
Important is the the entire cerebral cortex is missing, because even if there were some small part of the brain intact and working, it has no pathway, and no processing region in which to connect to.
She exists only on brainstem activity, that is all. She is not aware. That's what the doctors mean when they say she is not concious.

As far as flat eeg goes, he's correct as well. People are confuzing ekg's for eegs. Also, when this other doc made his statement, he had not seen Terri's scans. To make a statement saying she has 75% of her brain left is a joke. unlike most people, I do know how to read xrays and scans.
I have a certificate in radiology and certificates for operation of battlefield equipment.