Table 1. Features and associated descriptors assessed on the pre-operative MR exam.
Feature | Descriptor |
---|---|
Tumour location | Frontal |
Non-frontal | |
Tumour volume | Measured in cm3 |
Contrast-enhancing tumour volume | Measured in cm3 |
Degree of enhancement | Less than the choroid plexus |
Equal to/greater than the choroid plexus | |
Heterogeneity of enhancement | No enhancement/homogenous enhancement |
Heterogeneous enhancement | |
Peri-tumoural edema | Absent |
< 1 cm from tumour margin | |
≥ 1 cm from tumour margin | |
Mass effect | None/mild |
Moderate/severe | |
Intra-tumoural hemorrhage | Present |
Absent | |
Cyst formation | Present |
Absent | |
Tumour margin | Irregular |
Smooth | |
Minimum apparent diffusion coefficient | Measured in mm2/sec |