Neuroimaging characterization of multiple sclerosis lesions in pediatric patients: an exploratory radiomics approach.

Introduction: Multiple sclerosis (MS), a chronic inflammatory immune-mediated disease of the central nervous system (CNS), is a common condition in young adults, but it can also affect children. The aim of this study was to construct radiomic models of lesions based on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI, T2-weighted-Fluid-Attenuated Inversion Recovery), to understand the correlation between extracted radiomic features, brain and lesion volumetry, demographic, clinical and laboratorial data.

Methods: The neuroimaging data extracted from eleven scans of pediatric MS patients were analyzed.