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Neurol."],"abstract":"<jats:sec><jats:title>Introduction<\/jats:title><jats:p>This study investigates whether a multi-shell diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) protocol and its subsets can reliably distinguish healthy controls (HC) from patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) presenting with low Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) scores and mild MRI findings.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>To enhance accuracy, spatial systematic errors in diffusion measurements were corrected using the B-matrix Spatial Distribution method (BSD-DTI). We examined the discriminative potential of fractional anisotropy (FA) and mean diffusivity (MD) across three broad brain regions: whole brain (WB), white matter (WM), and gray matter (GM), using both the full protocol and its subsets. 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