Table 1. Kurtosis and conventional diffusion metric values in the solid region of the tumor and the contralateral NAWM.
Region | Number | MK | Ka | Kr | MD (10−3 mm2/sec) | FA | ADC (10−3 mm2/sec) |
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Solid region of the tumor | |||||||
Overall | 74 | 0.586 ± 0.140 | 0.569 ± 0.135 | 0.605 ± 0.147 | 1.466 ± 0.410 | 0.163 ± 0.054 | 1.228 ± 0.303 |
LGGs | 34 | 0.484 ± 0.088 | 0.472 ± 0.078 | 0.500 ± 0.102 | 1.720 ± 0.412 | 0.154 ± 0.050 | 1.404 ± 0.293 |
HGGs | 40 | 0.674 ± 0.113 | 0.651 ± 0.118 | 0.695 ± 0.118 | 1.251 ± 0.259 | 0.170 ± 0.057 | 1.078 ± 0.220 |
Grade I gliomas | 3 | 0.427 ± 0.022 | 0.408 ± 0.047 | 0.447 ± 0.044 | 2.071 ± 0.790 | 0.156 ± 0.060 | 1.529 ± 0.486 |
Grade II gliomas | 31 | 0.489 ± 0.091 | 0.478 ± 0.078 | 0.505 ± 0.105 | 1.686 ± 0.362 | 0.154 ± 0.051 | 1.392 ± 0.277 |
Grade III gliomas | 19 | 0.610 ± 0.095 | 0.585 ± 0.106 | 0.632 ± 0.098 | 1.349 ± 0.282 | 0.177 ± 0.063 | 1.178 ± 0.245 |
Grade IV gliomas | 21 | 0.732 ± 0.097 | 0.711 ± 0.096 | 0.751 ± 0.107 | 1.162 ± 0.203 | 0.163 ± 0.052 | 0.987 ± 0.148 |
Contralateral NAWM | 74 | 1.033 ± 0.058 | 0.806 ± 0.049 | 1.327 ± 0.114 | 0.844 ± 0.035 | 0.418 ± 0.037 | 0.737 ± 0.045 |
Note: Data are presented as the mean and standard deviation. All metrics are dimensionless, except for MD and ADC.
MK: mean kurtosis; Ka: axial kurtosis; Kr: radial kurtosis; MD: mean diffusivity; FA: fractional anisotropy; ADC: apparent diffusion coefficient; HGGs: high-grade gliomas; LGGs: low-grade gliomas; NAWM: normal-appearing white matter.