Current pain assessment techniques based only on clinical evaluation and self-reports are
not objective and may lead to inadequate treatment. Having a functional biomarker will add …

Currently, there is no method for providing a nonverbal objective assessment of pain.
Recent work using functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) has revealed its potential …

Functional near infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) is a non-invasive optical imaging method that
provides continuous measure of cortical brain functions. One application has been its use in …

Pain diagnosis for nonverbal patients represents a challenge in clinical settings.
Neuroimaging methods, such as functional magnetic resonance imaging and functional …

The purpose of this study was to use functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) to
examine patterns of both activation and deactivation that occur in the frontal lobe in …

Assessing pain in individuals not able to communicate (eg infants, under surgery, or
following stroke) is difficult due to the lack of non-verbal objective measures of pain. Near …

Functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) has recently been suggested for monitoring
cortical hemodynamic response to experimental and clinical acute pain. However, the …

The aim was to investigate the effect of mechanical pain stimulation at the lower back on
hemodynamic and oxygenation changes in the prefrontal cortex (PFC) assessed by …

Pain is a highly unpleasant sensory and emotional experience, and no objective diagnosis
test exists to assess it. In clinical practice there are two main methods for the estimation of …

We introduce the application of functional data analysis (fDA) on functional near-infrared
spectroscopy (fNIRS) signals for the development of an accurate and clinically practical …