Performances of experts and automated methods on new multiple sclerosis lesions detection: insights from the MSSeg2 challenge
Arthur Masson, Benoit Combès, Anne Kerbrat, François-Daniel Ardellier, Sylvain Rabaste, Pauline Cloarec, Quentin Wdowik, Gilles Edan, Frédéric Cervenansky, Romain Casey, Sorina Camarasu-Pop, Axel Bonnet, Michael Kain, Michel Dojat, Francois Cotton, Olivier Commowick · 2026
Read Performances of experts and automated methods on new multiple sclerosis lesions detection: insights from the MSSeg2 challenge by Arthur Masson, Benoit Combès, Anne Kerbrat, François-Daniel Ardellier, Sylvain Rabaste, Pauline Cloarec, Quentin Wdowik, Gilles Edan, Frédéric Cervenansky, Romain Casey, Sorina Camarasu-Pop, Axel Bonnet, Michael Kain, Michel Dojat, Francois Cotton, Olivier Commowick (2026) in the Tower of Babel, a free online library of public-domain works preserved in clean, searchable text. No sign-up. The full text is served as a plain-text file at a predictable URL, where text is present: https://antarctic-labs.com/tower-of-babel/pmc-13402319.txt.
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Arthur Masson and many colleagues published a 2026 report on the MSSeg2 challenge, a contest for detecting new multiple sclerosis lesions on brain scans. Finding new lesions on MRI is slow, difficult work, and doctors can underestimate how active a patient's disease is. Automated methods promise help.
The organizers built a high-quality data set of 100 pairs of FLAIR MRI scans, with new lesions precisely marked by experts. Teams entered methods that outline the new lesions, and human experts performed the same task for comparison. The report compares the accuracy of experts and algorithms side by side. Knowing where machines match or miss human performance helps clinics decide how to use them safely.
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| CREATOR | Arthur Masson, Benoit Combès, Anne Kerbrat, François-Daniel Ardellier, Sylvain Rabaste, Pauline Cloarec, Quentin Wdowik, Gilles Edan, Frédéric Cervenansky, Romain Casey, Sorina Camarasu-Pop, Axel Bonnet, Michael Kain, Michel Dojat, Francois Cotton, Olivier Commowick |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 49 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |