About the Authors

Anza B. Memon

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

amemon2@hfhs.org

Current address: Multiple Sclerosis Center, Department of Neurology, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

Affiliation Multiple Sclerosis Center, Department of Neurology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

Adil Javed

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Multiple Sclerosis Center, Department of Neurology, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Christina Caon

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Multiple Sclerosis Center, Department of Neurology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

Shitiz Srivastawa

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Multiple Sclerosis Center, Department of Neurology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

Fen Bao

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis

Affiliation The Sastry Foundation Advanced Imaging Laboratory, Department of Neurology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

Evanthia Bernitsas

Roles Conceptualization

Affiliation Multiple Sclerosis Center, Department of Neurology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

Jessica Chorostecki

Roles Data curation

Affiliations Multiple Sclerosis Center, Department of Neurology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America, The Sastry Foundation Advanced Imaging Laboratory, Department of Neurology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

Alexandros Tselis

Roles Conceptualization

Affiliation Multiple Sclerosis Center, Department of Neurology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

Navid Seraji-Bozorgzad

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis

Affiliation The Sastry Foundation Advanced Imaging Laboratory, Department of Neurology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

Omar Khan

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Multiple Sclerosis Center, Department of Neurology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America, The Sastry Foundation Advanced Imaging Laboratory, Department of Neurology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have the following interests: Omar Khan consultancy: Teva, Biogen Idec, Genzyme, Novartis. Grants: NIH, NINDS, NMSS (USA), Teva, Novartis, Biogen Idec, Genzyme, Roche, Genentech, Sanofi-Aventis, Acorda Therapeutics. Speaking fees: Teva, Novartis, Biogen Idec. P.R.: speaking fees, Bayer, Biogen Idec, Boehringer Ingelheim, Novartis, Merck Serono, Teva, Genzyme; clinical trial steering committees, Novartis, Merck Serono. A.J. Consultancy: Teva, Novartis, Genzyme, Biogen. Speaker fees: Genzyme, Teva, Novartis, Biogen, Mallinckrodt. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.