Publications

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2026

Data-driven hypothesis discovery from disease trajectories in multiple sclerosis

Frontiers in Immunology

Niels Jodts, Lorin Werthen-Brabants, Sofie Aerts, Liesbet M. Peeters, Bart Van Wijmeersch, Charlotte Herzeel, Christel Meertens, Roel Wuyts, Tom Dhaene, Dirk Deschrijver

Using trajectory analysis on longitudinal data from over 1,000 MS patients, this study identifies previously unrecognized progression patterns and treatment effects, demonstrating how data-driven methods can generate novel clinical hypotheses.

Combining Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Evoked Potentials Enhances Machine Learning Prediction of Multiple Sclerosis Disability Worsening

Frontiers in Immunology

Sofie Aerts, Lorin Werthen-Brabants, Hamza Khan, Diana L Giraldo, Edward De Brouwer, Lotte Geys, Veronica Popescu, Jan Sijbers, Henry Woodruff, Tom Dhaene, Dirk Deschrijver, Bart Van Wijmeersch, Philippe Lambin, Liesbet M. Peeters

This study shows that combining MRI and evoked potentials improves machine learning prediction of disability worsening in multiple sclerosis, enabling better patient management and personalized treatment strategies.

2025

Ising Machines for Model Predictive Path Integral-Based Optimal Control

NeurIPS Workshop: 2nd edition of Frontiers in Probabilistic Inference: Learning meets Sampling

Lorin Werthen-Brabants, Pieter Simoens

We show that Ising machines can be used to perform Model Predictive Control with sampling-based optimization tested on a kinematic bicycle model.

Leveraging Hand-Crafted Radiomics on Multicenter FLAIR MRI for Predicting Disability Progression in People with Multiple Sclerosis

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Hamza Khan, Henry C. Woodruff, Diana L. Giraldo, Lorin Werthen-Brabants, Shruti Atul Mali, Sina Amirrajab, Edward De Brouwer, Veronica Popescu, Bart Van Wijmeersch, Oliver Gerlach, Jan Sijbers, Liesbet M. Peeters

Hand-crafted radiomic features from multicenter FLAIR MRI predict disability progression in MS patients, enabling personalized treatment planning and improved outcomes.

2024

Machine-learning-based prediction of disability progression in multiple sclerosis: An observational, international, multi-center study

PLOS Digital Health

Edward De Brouwer, Thijs Becker, Lorin Werthen-Brabants, Pieter Dewulf, Dimitrios Iliadis, Cathérine Dekeyser, Guy Laureys, Bart Van Wijmeersch, Veronica Popescu, Tom Dhaene, Dirk Deschrijver, Willem Waegeman, Bernard De Baets, Michiel Stock, Dana Horakova, Francesco Patti, Guillermo Izquierdo, Sara Eichau, Marc Girard, Alexandre Prat, Alessandra Lugaresi, Pierre Grammond, Tomas Kalincik, Raed Alroughani, Francois Grand’’Maison, Olga Skibina, Murat Terzi, Jeannette Lechner-Scott, Oliver Gerlach, Samia Khoury, Elisabetta Cartechini, Vincent Van Pesch, Maria Sà, Bianca Weinstock-Guttman, Yolanda Blanco, Radek Ampapa, Daniele Spitaleri, Claudio Solaro, Davide Maimone, Aysun Soysal, Gerardo Iuliano, Riadh Gouider, Tamara Castillo-Triviño, José Sánchez-Menoyo, Anneke Walt, Jiwon Oh, Eduardo Aguera-Morales, Ayse Altintas, Abdullah Al-Asmi, Koen Gans, Yara Fragoso, Tunde Csepany, Suzanne Hodgkinson, Norma Deri, Talal Al-Harbi, Bruce Taylor, Orla Gray, Patrice Lalive, Csilla Rozsa, Chris McGuigan, Allan Kermode, Angel Sempere, Simu Mihaela, Magdolna Simo, Todd Hardy, Danny Decoo, Stella Hughes, Nikolaos Grigoriadis, Attila Sas, Norbert Vella, Yves Moreau, Liesbet M. Peeters

An international multi-center ML study predicts multiple-sclerosis disability progression from real-world clinical data.

2023

2022

Patient activity recognition using radar sensors and machine learning

Neural Computing and Applications

Geethika Bhavanasi, Lorin Werthen-Brabants, Tom Dhaene, Ivo Couckuyt

Deep Learning-based human activity recognition models classify patient activities with radars to support unobtrusive and privacy-preserving monitoring in healthcare settings.