Abstract Details

Title Enhancing Multiple Sclerosis Diagnosis: Deep Transfer Learning Techniques for MRI Image Analysis

Topic Multiple Sclerosis

Presentation(s) P3 - Poster Session 3 (11:45 AM-12:45 PM)

Poster/Presentation
Number 1-003

Objective

To investigate the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) and deep transfer learning techniques to enhance the detection and analysis of multiple sclerosis (MS)-specific lesions in MRI scans.

Background MS is a chronic, autoimmune disease characterized by demyelination in the central nervous system, leading to a range of neurological symptoms and significant long-term disability. Current diagnostic methods rely on clinical evaluation and MRI findings, which often fall short in accurately assessing axonal damage. AI has shown promise in medical imaging for improving diagnostic precision and could potentially address these limitations.

Design/Methods This retrospective study was conducted between 2020 and 2023. MRI data were collected from 39 male and 71 female MS patients and 32 healthy controls. We applied various deep transfer learning models (Xception, MobileNet, AlexNet, VGG19, ResNet152, and NasNet) to analyze axial and sagittal FLAIR images. Model performance was assessed using sensitivity, specificity, accuracy, and ROC curves.

Results For axial FLAIR images, the Xception model achieved the highest accuracy of 95.07%, while NasNet had the lowest at 70.77%. In sagittal FLAIR images, Xception again led with an accuracy of 98.10%. High specificity rates were noted, with Xception and VGG19 achieving 100% specificity. The ROC analysis indicated robust classification performance, with AUC values of 0.95 for Xception in axial images and 0.98 for both Xception and MobileNet in sagittal images.

Conclusions This study highlights the effective application of deep transfer learning methods in enhancing the diagnostic process for MS. While results are promising, the study's limited patient dataset underscores the need for larger, more diverse datasets to improve model performance and generalizability in clinical settings.

Authors/Disclosures
Cemil O. Aydin PRESENTER	Mr. Aydin has nothing to disclose.
Omar J. Alomari (University of Health Sciences)	Mr. Alomari has nothing to disclose.
Baran Baytar, MD	Dr. Baytar has nothing to disclose.
Yılmaz Kaya (Department of Computer Engineering, Batman University Batıraman Campus 72000 Center 72, 060 Batman Center/Batman, Türkiye)	No disclosure on file
Fatma Sibel Bayramoğlu (Radiology Department, Sultan II. Abdulhamid Han Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul 34668, Turkey.)	No disclosure on file
Merve Akçay, MD	Dr. Akçay has nothing to disclose.

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