Currently, there are neither individual objective nor quantitative indicators for predicting DBS motor outcome. We hypothesized that the distribution of SN iron changes in PD patients may reflect a specific disease trait and could potentially account for some variability in the motor outcomes after sub-thalamic nucleus (STN) deep brain stimulation (DBS). We developed a radiomics model with machine learning (RA-ML) based on preoperative individual QSM of the SN to predict motor outcome for STN-DBS in PD and it performed best with an AUC of 0.897. In addition, the threshold probability of the RA-ML model can differentiate surgical responders and non-responders.
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