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Neurol."],"abstract":"<jats:sec><jats:title>Objectives<\/jats:title><jats:p>This study aimed to assess the feasibility of a machine learning-based radiomics tools to discriminate between Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy R2 (LGMDR2) and immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy (IMNM) using lower-limb muscle magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examination.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>After institutional review board approval, 30 patients with genetically proven LGMDR2 (12 females; age, 34.0\u2009\u00b1\u200911.3) and 45 patients with IMNM (28 females; age, 49.2\u2009\u00b1\u200916.6) who underwent lower-limb MRI examination including T1-weighted and interactive decomposition water and fat with echos asymmetric and least-squares estimation (IDEAL) sequences between July 2014 and August 2022 were included. Radiomics features of muscles were obtained, and four machine learning algorithms were conducted to select the optimal radiomics classifier for differential diagnosis. This selected algorithm was performed to construct the T1-weighted (TM), water-only (WM), or the combined model (CM) for calf-only, thigh-only, or the calf and thigh MR images, respectively. And their diagnostic performance was studied using area under the curve (AUC) and compared to the semi-quantitative model constructed by the modified Mercuri scale of calf and thigh muscles scored by two radiologists specialized in musculoskeletal imaging.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>The logistic regression (LR) model was the optimal radiomics model. The performance of the WM and CM for thigh-only images (AUC 0.893, 0.913) was better than those for calf-only images (AUC 0.846, 0.880) except the TM. For \u201ccalf + thigh\u201d images, the TM, WM, and CM models always performed best (AUC 0.953, 0.907, 0.953) with excellent accuracy (92.0, 84.0, 88.0%). The AUCs of the Mercuri model of the calf, thigh, and \u201ccalf + thigh\u201d images were 0.847, 0.900, and 0.953 with accuracy (84.0, 84.0, 88.0%).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Machine learning-based radiomics models can differentiate LGMDR2 from IMNM, performing better than visual assessment. 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