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. 2012 Jan 24;39(2):866–873. doi: 10.1118/1.3678991
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(a)〉)
Margin Strength 2 std(|G(M)|)/(〈GV(M)〉 − 〈GV(a)〉)
Radial gradient variation std(Gr(M))
Shape descriptors  
Irregularity c*1/3/M1/2 where c is a constant
Compactness ∑ (s)/∑ s
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
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()〉
Region contrast (HU) 〈GV())〉 − GV(∼ & a)〉
Standard deviation of region gray values (HU) std(GV())〉
Standard deviation of gray values along margin (HU) std(GV(M))