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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2019
Siemens Healthcare Gmbh, Erlangen, DE;
The United States of America, As Represented BY the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD (US);
Pascal Sati, Rockville, MD (US);
Sunil Goraksha Patil, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Daniel Reich, Washington, DC (US);
Siemens Healthcare GmbH, Erlangen, DE;
The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method for automatically identifying subjects at risk of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) includes acquiring a plurality of images of a subject's brain using a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scanner. A contrast enhancement process is applied to each image to generate a plurality of contrast-enhanced images. An automated lesion detection algorithm is applied to detect one or more lesions present in the contrast-enhanced images. An automated central vein detection algorithm is applied to detect one or more central veins present in the contrast-enhanced images. An automated paramagnetic rim detection algorithm is applied to detect one or more paramagnetic rims present in the contrast-enhanced images. The patient's risk for MS may then be determined based on the one or more of the lesions, central veins, and paramagnetic rims present in the contrast-enhanced images.