| Margin strength descriptors | |
| Average radial gradient | 〈Gr(M)〉 |
| Radial gradient index (RGI) | 〈Gr(M)〉/〈|G(M)|〉 |
| Relative RGI | RGI/max(RGI) |
| Margin Strength 1 | 〈|G(M)|〉/(〈GV(M)〉 − 〈GV(ℜa)〉) |
| Margin Strength 2 | std(|G(M)|)/(〈GV(M)〉 − 〈GV(ℜa)〉) |
| Radial gradient variation | std(Gr(M)) |
| Shape descriptors | |
| Irregularity | c*ℜ1/3/M1/2 where c is a constant |
| Compactness | ∑ (ℜ ∩ ℜs)/∑ ℜs |
| Ellipsoid semi-axes minimum to maximum ratio | min(h1,h2,h3)/max(h1,h2,h3) where hi (i = 1,2,3) are the semi-axes of an ellipsoid fit to ℜ |
| Standard deviation of margin to center distance [mm] | std(|dM|) |
| Relative standard deviation of margin to center distance | std(|dM|)/〈|dM|〉 |
| average margin alignment: average cosine of polar angle along margin | 〈cos(〈(G,r)) (M)〉 |
| Margin volume (mm3) | ∑ M |
| Histogram descriptors | |
| Average region gray value (HU) | 〈GV(ℜ)〉 |
| Region contrast (HU) | 〈GV(ℜ))〉 − GV(∼ℜ & ℜa)〉 |
| Standard deviation of region gray values (HU) | std(GV(ℜ))〉 |
| Standard deviation of gray values along margin (HU) | std(GV(M)) |