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Data-Driven Prognostication in Distal Medium Vessel Occlusions Using Explainable Machine Learning

Mert Karabacak, Burak Berksu Ozkara, Tobias D. Faizy, Trevor Hardigan, Jeremy J. Heit, Dhairya A. Lakhani, Konstantinos Margetis, J. Mocco, Kambiz Nael, Max Wintermark and Vivek S. Yedavalli
American Journal of Neuroradiology April 2025, 46 (4) 725-732; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A8547
Mert Karabacak
aFrom the Departments of Neurosurgery (M.K., T.H., K.M., J.M.), Mount Sinai Health System, New York, New York
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Burak Berksu Ozkara
bDepartment of Radiology (B.B.O.), Mount Sinai Health System, New York, New York
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Tobias D. Faizy
cNeuroendovascular Division (T.D.F.), Department of Radiology, University Medical Center Münster, Münster, Germany
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Trevor Hardigan
aFrom the Departments of Neurosurgery (M.K., T.H., K.M., J.M.), Mount Sinai Health System, New York, New York
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dDepartments of Radiology and Neurosurgery (J.J.H.), Stanford Medicine, Palo Alto, California
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Dhairya A. Lakhani
eRussell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences (D.A.L., V.S.Y.), Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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Konstantinos Margetis
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aFrom the Departments of Neurosurgery (M.K., T.H., K.M., J.M.), Mount Sinai Health System, New York, New York
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Kambiz Nael
fRadiological Sciences (K.N.), University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, California
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