Advanced MRI metrics improve the prediction of baseline disease severity for individuals with degenerative cervical myelopathy.
Abdul Al-ShawwaKalum OstDavid AndersonNewton ChoNathan EvaniewW Bradley JacobsAllan R MartinRanjeet GaekwadSaswati TripathyJacques BouchardSteve CashaRoger ChoStephen duPlessisPeter LewkoniaFred NichollsPaul T SaloAlex SoroceanuGanesh SwamyKenneth C ThomasMichael M H YangJulien Cohen-AdadDavid W CadottePublished in: The spine journal : official journal of the North American Spine Society (2024)
aMRI metrics perform better in machine learning models at predicting disease severity of patients with DCM. Continued work is needed to refine these models and address DCM severity class imbalance concerns, ultimately improving model confidence for clinical implementation.