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ReviewJournal of neurology2024

Predicting multiple sclerosis disease progression and outcomes with machine learning and MRI-based biomarkers: a review.

Hibba Yousef, Brigitta Malagurski Tortei, Filippo Castiglione

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Review in Journal of neurology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  5. Mechanistic Insights into the Role of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in the Diagnosis and Management of Multiple Sclerosis.Pathophysiology : the official journal of the International Society for Pathophysiology · 2026
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  6. Detecting progressing events in multiple sclerosis clinics in real-time is possible: No.Multiple sclerosis (Houndmills, Basingstoke, England) · 2026
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  8. Rethinking MS Therapeutics: From Disease Pathogenesis Mechanisms to AI-Driven Drug Discovery.Journal of neuroimmune pharmacology : the official journal of the Society on NeuroImmune Pharmacology · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Hibba YousefTechnology Innovation Institute, Biotechnology Research Center, P.O.Box: 9639, Masdar City, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Hibba.Yousef@tii.ae.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2032-7743
Brigitta Malagurski TorteiTechnology Innovation Institute, Biotechnology Research Center, P.O.Box: 9639, Masdar City, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Filippo CastiglioneTechnology Innovation Institute, Biotechnology Research Center, P.O.Box: 9639, Masdar City, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a demyelinating neurological disorder with a highly heterogeneous clinical presentation and course of progression. Disease-modifying therapies are the only available treatment, as there is no known cure for the disease. Careful selection of suitable therapies is necessary, as they can be accompanied by serious risks and adverse effects such as infection. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) plays a central role in the diagnosis and management of MS, though MRI lesions have displayed only moderate associations with MS clinical outcomes, known as the clinico-radiological paradox. With the advent of machine learning (ML) in healthcare, the predictive power of MRI can be improved by leveraging both traditional and advanced ML algorithms capable of analyzing increasingly complex patterns within neuroimaging data. The purpose of this review was to examine the application of MRI-based ML for prediction of MS disease progression. Studies were divided into five main categories: predicting the conversion of clinically isolated syndrome to MS, cognitive outcome, EDSS-related disability, motor disability and disease activity. The performance of ML models is discussed along with highlighting the influential MRI-derived biomarkers. Overall, MRI-based ML presents a promising avenue for MS prognosis. However, integration of imaging biomarkers with other multimodal patient data shows great potential for advancing personalized healthcare approaches in MS.

Indexed as

BiomarkersDisease ProgressionMachine LearningMagnetic Resonance ImagingMultiple SclerosisHumansNeuroimagingPrognosisBiomarkersBiomarkersDeep learningDisability predictionMachine learningMagnetic resonance imagingMultiple sclerosis

Identifiers

PMID39266777
PMCPMC11447111

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