Table 1.
Summary of measures for slices and whole tumour referred to baseline CTp examinations: entropy (E), mean (μ), and median (M) BF values, where the subscripts s and w stand for slice or whole, respectively. For the whole tumour, r of each slice-based measure is computed as well. Italicized and bold-italicized values point out minimum and maximum value of a given measure, respectively. Bold nonitalicized values highlight an equivalence between μs and μw, or Ms and Mw.
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| Measure | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Measure | Value | r | |
| ID1 | E s | 7.27 | 7.27 | 7.26 | 6.75 | 6.61 | E w | 7.14 | 0.66 |
| μ s | 67.9 | 62.9 | 62.3 | 45.8 | 40.5 | μ w | 56.0 | 27.4 | |
| M s | 56.9 | 50.9 | 45.7 | 33.8 | 28.4 | M w | 41.4 | 28.5 | |
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| ID2 | E s | 8.17 | 8.15 | 8.22 | 8.05 | 7.91 | E w | 8.20 | 0.31 |
| μ s | 124.1 | 115.8 | 128.5 | 118.2 | 108.3 | μ w | 120.1 | 20.2 | |
| M s | 107.3 | 96.6 | 110.8 | 99.8 | 93.2 | M w | 102.0 | 17.6 | |
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| ID3 | E s | 7.81 | 7.75 | 7.89 | 7.85 | 7.67 | E w | 7.87 | 0.23 |
| μ s | 117.6 | 111.3 | 116.4 | 115.1 | 102.3 | μ w | 111.8 | 15.2 | |
| M s | 101.3 | 103.1 | 102.4 | 103.7 | 93.5 | M w | 100.1 | 10.2 | |
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| ID4 | E s | 7.26 | 7.38 | 7.31 | 7.36 | 7.44 | E w | 7.39 | 0.18 |
| μ s | 65.7 | 69.7 | 65.1 | 68.1 | 71.2 | μ w | 68.0 | 6.1 | |
| M s | 54.9 | 56.9 | 47.9 | 50.0 | 53.6 | M w | 52.8 | 9.0 | |
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| ID5 | E s | 7.81 | 7.84 | 7.36 | 6.60 | 7.79 | E w | 7.70 | 1.23 |
| μ s | 115.1 | 106.8 | 80.7 | 43.2 | 107.3 | μ w | 87.2 | 71.8 | |
| M s | 93.2 | 87.1 | 67.4 | 38.2 | 90.6 | M w | 67.6 | 55.0 | |
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| ID6 | E s | 6.10 | 5.96 | 6.38 | 6.62 | 6.59 | E w | 6.54 | 0.66 |
| μ s | 33.3 | 31.7 | 41.3 | 52.7 | 63.9 | μ w | 42.9 | 32.2 | |
| M s | 27.5 | 28.5 | 34.5 | 47.0 | 58.8 | M w | 36.8 | 31.3 | |
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| ID7 | E s | 6.37 | 6.27 | 6.53 | — | — | E w | 6.67 | 0.26 |
| μ s | 46.2 | 38.2 | 60.9 | — | — | μ w | 47.9 | 22.7 | |
| M s | 38.6 | 30.5 | 55.3 | — | — | M w | 40.7 | 24.8 | |
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| ID8 | E s | 7.43 | 7.07 | 8.10 | 7.92 | 7.62 | E w | 7.95 | 1.03 |
| μ s | 74.9 | 61.5 | 138.4 | 156.0 | 118.6 | μ w | 105.2 | 94.5 | |
| M s | 57.1 | 53.9 | 119.0 | 141.7 | 104.1 | M w | 85.3 | 87.8 | |
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| ID9 | E s | 8.54 | 7.59 | 7.65 | 8.03 | 8.53 | E w | 8.24 | 0.95 |
| μ s | 175.7 | 79.6 | 81.4 | 104.6 | 160.1 | μ w | 118.4 | 96.1 | |
| M s | 158.3 | 60.0 | 62.3 | 73.0 | 133.2 | M w | 88.9 | 98.3 | |
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| ID10 | E s | 6.75 | 6.66 | 6.42 | 6.52 | 6.76 | E w | 6.66 | 0.34 |
| μ s | 45.9 | 44.2 | 38.2 | 40.8 | 48.5 | μ w | 43.4 | 10.3 | |
| M s | 37.8 | 37.3 | 32.5 | 34.6 | 42.6 | M w | 36.4 | 10.1 | |
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| ID11 | E s | 7.46 | 7.34 | 6.89 | 7.63 | — | E w | 7.50 | 0.74 |
| μ s | 92.2 | 80.7 | 58.9 | 92.6 | — | μ w | 80.0 | 33.8 | |
| M s | 76.5 | 61.4 | 51.3 | 74.1 | — | M w | 63.3 | 25.2 | |
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| ID12 | E s | 7.48 | 7.64 | 7.86 | 8.01 | 8.37 | E w | 8.07 | 0.89 |
| μ s | 124.5 | 110.0 | 113.6 | 116.8 | 157.4 | μ w | 125.0 | 47.4 | |
| M s | 118.7 | 106.1 | 104.0 | 112.7 | 145.9 | M w | 116.0 | 41.9 | |