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. 2017 Feb 28;30(4):359–373. doi: 10.1007/s10334-017-0610-7

Table 1.

Features extracted from PET and MR images

Type of feature Imaging modality Feature
Macroscopic features PET Metabolic tumor volume (MTV) [cc]
Partial volume corrected mean body-weighted standardized uptake value (SUVmean) [g/cc]
Maximum body-weighted standardized uptake value (SUVmax) [g/cc]
Total lesion glycolysis (TLG) [g]
MR Apparent diffusion coefficient functional volume (V ADC) [cc]
Mean apparent diffusion coefficient (ADCmean) within V ADC [mm2/s]
Minimum apparent diffusion coefficient (ADCmin) within V ADC [mm2/s]
Total lesion diffusion (TLD) [cm5/s]
Intensity-based features (first-order statistics) PET/MR Energy [(g/cc)2]–[(mm2/s)2]
Entropy
Kurtosis
Maximum [g/cc]–[mm2/s]
Mean [g/cc]–[mm2/s]
Mean absolute deviation [g/cc]–[mm2/s]
Median [g/cc]–[mm2/s]
Minimum [g/cc]–[mm2/s]
Range [g/cc]–[mm2/s]
Root mean square (RMS) [g/cc]–[mm2/s]
Skewness
Standard deviation [g/cc]–[mm2/s]
Uniformity
Variance[(g/cc)2]–[(mm2/s)2]
Shape- and size-based features PET/MR Surface area [cm2]
Spherical disproportion
Sphericity
Surface to volume ratio [cm−1]