Implications of Artificial Intelligence Algorithms in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Motor Neuron Diseases—A Review

• Published in: Life (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 13; no. 4; p. 1031
• Main Authors: Lopez-Bernal, Diego, Balderas, David, Ponce, Pedro, Rojas, Mario, Molina, Arturo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 01.04.2023; MDPI
• Subjects: Algorithms; Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Artificial intelligence; Care and treatment; Classification; Decision trees; Dependent variables; Diabetes; Diabetic retinopathy; Diagnosis; Discriminant analysis; Disease; Health services; Independent variables; Machine learning; Medical diagnosis; Motor neuron diseases; Movement disorders; Nervous system diseases; Neural networks; Neurological diseases; Neurons; Patients; Principal components analysis; prognosis; Regression analysis; Support vector machines; treatment; Mexico; treatment; diagnosis; motor neuron diseases; prognosis; artificial intelligence
• ISSN: 2075-1729; 2075-1729
• DOI: 10.3390/life13041031

Motor neuron diseases (MNDs) are a group of chronic neurological disorders characterized by the progressive failure of the motor system. Currently, these disorders do not have a definitive treatment; therefore, it is of huge importance to propose new and more advanced diagnoses and treatment options for MNDs. Nowadays, artificial intelligence is being applied to solve several real-life problems in different areas, including healthcare. It has shown great potential to accelerate the understanding and management of many health disorders, including neurological ones. Therefore, the main objective of this work is to offer a review of the most important research that has been done on the application of artificial intelligence models for analyzing motor disorders. This review includes a general description of the most commonly used AI algorithms and their usage in MND diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment. Finally, we highlight the main issues that must be overcome to take full advantage of what AI can offer us when dealing with MNDs.