How close are we in utilizing functional neuroimaging in routine clinical diagnosis of neuropathic pain?

Current Pain and Headache Reports

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 223-229

  Borsook, David ^a   Becerra, Lino ^a  

^a MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Diagnosis; fMRI; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Morphometry; Objective measure; Personalized medicine; Radiology

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

BRAIN FUNCTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHRONIC PAIN; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG EFFICACY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL STATUS; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEURALGIA; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 79955918617     PISSN: 15313433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11916-011-0187-1     Document Type: Review

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