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In-Seo Park^1,2, Seongheon Kim^3,4, Jae-Won Jang^1,5,3,4

¹Department of Convergence Security, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, 24253, Korea.

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Predicting acute ischemic stroke outcomes is improved by combining diffusion-weighted MRI (DWI) and clinical data. This integrated approach offers a superior method for forecasting patient prognosis compared to existing scoring systems.

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Area of Science:

Neurology
Medical Imaging
Artificial Intelligence

Background:

Acute ischemic stroke prognosis prediction is crucial for patient management.
Current methods often lack precision in forecasting long-term functional outcomes.
Focal neurologic symptoms in stroke patients require accurate prognostic tools.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop and validate a multi-modal approach for predicting poor functional outcomes in acute ischemic stroke patients.
To integrate diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DWI) data with clinical information for enhanced prognosis prediction.
To compare the performance of the integrated model against existing stroke scoring systems.

Main Methods:

Utilized nnUnet for diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) lesion segmentation.
Employed multi-task and multi-modality learning integrating DWI and clinical data.
Assessed prognosis using the modified Rankin Scale (mRS) at 3 months post-stroke.
Applied grad-class activation maps to identify key predictive brain regions.

Main Results:

The integrated multi-modal model achieved an AUC of 0.8080 for mRS prediction, outperforming DWI alone by 0.04.
Achieved a Dice score of 0.7375 for DWI lesion segmentation.
Demonstrated a 0.16 improvement over the Totaled Health Risks in Vascular Events (THRIVE) score.
Feature map analysis confirmed the model's efficacy in identifying critical prognostic regions.

Conclusions:

The combination of DWI and clinical data significantly improves acute ischemic stroke prognosis prediction.
The developed multi-modal approach offers a more accurate and robust alternative to current scoring systems.
This AI-driven method provides valuable insights into stroke pathophysiology and outcome prediction.