“…In addition, the MS course in patients, even from the early stages, is characterized by a slow progression of disabilities independent of relapses (58). Automatic segmentation of MS lesions, including gadolinium-enhancing, new T2 or enlarging T2, are essential biomarkers for the progression of the disease as we as the treatment options and allow to explore the morphological changes in relation to clinical disease burden (48,59). Our review shows that three studies in this section applied ML to predict the progression of MS by measuring Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) in the first years of disease evolution (38,46,49).…”