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PediMS: A Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis Lesion Segmentation Dataset.

Maria Popa, Gabriela Adriana Vișa, Ciprian Radu Șofariu

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Article in Scientific data, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  6. Correlates of long-term clinical outcomes in pediatric multiple sclerosis: A 12-year study.Multiple sclerosis (Houndmills, Basingstoke, England) · 2026
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3 authors.

Maria PopaBabeș-Bolyai University, Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, Department of Computer Science, Mihail Kogălniceanu 1, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. maria.popa@ubbcluj.ro.ORCID 0009-0009-9335-5954
Gabriela Adriana VișaThe Clinical Pediatric Hospital Sibiu, Pompeiu Onofreiu 2-4, Sibiu, Romania.
Ciprian Radu ȘofariuThe Clinical Pediatric Hospital Sibiu, Pompeiu Onofreiu 2-4, Sibiu, Romania.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a chronic autoimmune disease that primarily affects the central nervous system and is predominantly diagnosed in adults, making pediatric cases rare and underrepresented in medical research. This paper introduces the first publicly available MRI dataset specifically dedicated to pediatric multiple sclerosis lesion segmentation. The dataset comprises longitudinal MRI scans from 9 pediatric patients, each with between one and six timepoints, with a total of 28 MRI scans. It includes T1-weighted (MPRAGE), T2-weighted, and FLAIR sequences. Additionally, it provides clinical data and initial symptoms for each patient, offering valuable insights into disease progression. Lesion segmentation was performed by senior experts, ensuring high-quality annotations. To demonstrate the dataset's reliability and utility, we evaluated two deep learning models, achieving competitive segmentation performance. This dataset aims to advance research in pediatric MS, improve lesion segmentation models, and contribute to federated learning approaches.

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Multiple SclerosisAdolescentChildDeep LearningHumansMagnetic Resonance Imaging

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PMID40640191
PMCPMC12246483

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