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The ability to visualise multiple selerosis lesions in vivo with magnetic resonance imaging suggests and important role in monitoring the course of the disease. In order to help the long-term assessment of prospective treatments, a semi-automated technique for measuring lesion volume has been developed to provide a quantitative index of disease progression. Results are presented from a preliminary study with a single patient and compared to measurements taken from lesion outlines traced by a neuroradiologist, two neurologists and a technician. The semi-automated technique achieved a precision of 6% compared to a range of 12–33% for the manual tracing method. It also reduced the human interaction time from at least 60 min to 15 min.
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Wicks, D.A.G., Tofts, P.S., Miller, D.H. et al. Volume measurement of multiple sclerosis lesions with magnetic resonance images. Neuroradiology 34, 475–479 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00598953
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