Renzi v. Paredes, 452 Mass. 38 (2008)
Digital images of Paredes's mammography films that had been scanned into a computer, shown at trial as a "PowerPoint" presentation, and included in hard copy reproduction in the juror notebooks were admitted into evidence. Prior to Adler's use of the photographs at trial, [24] on voir dire, she testified, that the original X-rays, and not the digital reproductions, formed the basis of her expert opinion; that the digital photographs were made by her staff and at her direction specifically for use at trial; that the images were substantial likenesses of the originals and not artificially enhanced; and that they were of the type and quality that she routinely used for scientific presentations. The judge pronounced himself satisfied that the images were substantial likenesses of the originals.
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