Chronic Pain — Use of PET/MR Imaging in Chronic Pain
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Behera D, Jacobs KE, Behera S, Rosenberg J, Biswal S (18)F-FDG PET/MRI can be used to identify injured peripheral nerves in a model of neuropathic pain. J Nucl Med. 2011 Aug;52(8):1308-12. doi: 10.2967/jnumed.110.084731. Epub 2011 Jul 15.
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Use of [18F]FDG PET/MRI in the Diagnosis of Pain Generators and/or Sites of Inflammation and to Monitor Treatment Effects in Patients With Chronic Pain
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