Transforming the imaging of MS with MRI

Dr. Brendan Kelly is the NDTP Dr Richard Steevens and ESOR Fellow in AI and Paediatric Radiology at the Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children in London UK. He completed his PhD in the use of Artificial Intelligence for Change Detection in Longitudinal Imaging Data at the Insight Centre for Data Analytics in UCD Dublin Ireland in 2024. In 2020 He was a HRB HealthImpact Fulbright Scholar to Stanford University, California, USA. He holds BSc and MSc qualifications in Medical Imaging and trained as a medical doctor at UCD. His research interests are in the clinical application of AI to Radiology.

Dr Kelly’s team uses an AI model, NeuFormer to provide faster and more accurate diagnoses for people with Multiple Sclerosis (MS). This is an innovative AI approach to the detection of radiologic progression on MRI in People with MS. The model uses vision transformers in a new way to increase detection of small lesions and achieve superior generalisability compared to alternative models.

Dr Kelly states, ‘’AI has the power to revolutionise how we approach chronic conditions like multiple sclerosis, helping to refine diagnostics, track disease progression, and personalise treatments. This award inspires me to keep pushing boundaries and exploring what’s next for AI in radiology and more importantly deliver a faster and more accurate diagnosis for people with MS. Thank you to MS Ireland, AIHH and everyone who has supported this journey. Here’s to continuing to innovate and make a difference.’’