143 Objectives: Chronic knee pain is a common medical condition affecting approximately
25% of adults, and the diagnosis of knee pain remains a challenge since conventional …

Background The ability to accurately diagnose and objectively localize pain generators in
chronic pain sufferers remains a major clinical challenge since assessment relies on …

178 Objectives: Accurately identifying nociceptive sources of low back pain has remained to
be a great diagnostic challenge despite its pressing need due to the high prevalence and …

Accurately identifying the peripheral pain generator in patients with chronic pain remains a
major challenge for modern medicine. Millions of patients around the world suffer endlessly …

Accurately identifying the peripheral pain generator in patients with chronic pain remains a
major challenge for modern medicine. Millions of patients around the world suffer endlessly …

METHODS: Specific patient selection for full body ([18F] FTC-146) PET/MRI scan was done
after clinical and radiological review by a neurosurgeon specializing in spinal surgery. Six …

Identifying the source of a person's pain is a significant clinical challenge because the
physical sensation of pain is believed to be subjective and difficult to quantify. The …

Introduction: Chronic pelvic pain is a highly prevalent pain condition among women, but
identifying the exact cause of pelvic pain remains a significant diagnostic challenge. In this …

1154 Objectives: To compare the metabolic activity of the knee joint space and synovium of
subjects with painful knee joints to that of subjects without knee pain using FDG-PET …

Low back pain is a leading cause of job-related disability and missed workdays in the US
Unfortunately, the overall treatment effectiveness is significantly limited by our poor …