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. 2013 Feb 7;15(5):607–617. doi: 10.1093/neuonc/nos334

Table 3.

Combined anatomic, diffusion, and perfusion imaging21 and spectroscopic imaging predictors

OS PFS/PFS6
Baseline MRI T2ALL vol, NEL vol T2ALL median nPH*/nCBV/nRF
NEL median nPH/nCBV/nRF
MRSI T2L*/CNI2/CNI2T/CNI3 sum nLL CNI3 median NAA/Cho
F2mo MRI T2ALL vol,* NEL vol,* CEL vol* T2ALL/NEL median nCBV
MRSI T2L median nLL (+ max nCr), CNI2*/CNI2T**/CNI3* max nLL, CNI2T vol* CNI2 vol
CNI2 max CNI
CNI2T/CNI3 median CNI
T2L median NAA/Cho
Delta MRI None T2ALL/NEL 90th nRF
MRSI CNI3 max nLL,* CNI2T vol* None

Abbreviations: NEL, non-enhancing lesion; nPH, normalized peak height; nCBV, normalized cerebral blood volumes; nRF, normalized recirculation factor. *P < .01; **P < .001. All the tests were adjusted by age and field strength. Italics represent the parameters that had HR or OR < 1.