title: Novel diagnostic and prognostic methods for disc degeneration and low back pain.
authors: Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, The University of Hong Kong, Professorial Block, 5th Floor, 102 Pokfulam Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, SAR, China; The Laboratory and Clinical Research Institute for Pain, The University of Hong Kong, 102 Pokfulam Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, SAR, China. Electronic address: dsamartzis@msn.com.
authors: Dino
authors: D
authors: Samartzis
authors: Center for Magnetic Resonance and Optical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, 3535 Market Street, Mezzanine, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
authors: Ari
authors: A
authors: Borthakur
authors: Department of Anesthesiology, University of Pittsburgh, 4200 Fifth Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA.
authors: Inna
authors: I
authors: Belfer
authors: Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, The University of Hong Kong, Professorial Block, 5th Floor, 102 Pokfulam Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, SAR, China.
authors: Cora
authors: C
authors: Bow
authors: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California at San Francisco, 500 Parnassus Ave, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
authors: Jeffrey C
authors: JC
authors: Lotz
authors: Department of Orthopaedics, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, No. 169, Changle West Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710032, P.R. China.
authors: Hai-Qiang
authors: HQ
authors: Wang
authors: Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, The University of Hong Kong, Professorial Block, 5th Floor, 102 Pokfulam Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, SAR, China.
authors: Kenneth M C
authors: KM
authors: Cheung
authors: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
authors: Eugene
authors: E
authors: Carragee
authors: Medical Research Center Oulu, University of Oulu, Oulu University Hospital, Kajaanintie 50, 90220 Oulu, Finland.
authors: Jaro
authors: J
authors: Karppinen
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D055959:Intervertebral Disc Degeneration / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography / Q000379:methods*