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. 2021 Apr 16;13(8):1929. doi: 10.3390/cancers13081929

Table 1.

Description of all semantic features extracted radiologist for the description of soft-tissue sarcomas.

Feature Description
Anatomical region 1: chest/back, 2: neck, 3: leg, 4: gluteal/pelvis 5: arm, 6: hand, 7: foot
Localization 1: epifascial, 2: subfascial, 3: epi- and subfascial, 4: intramuscular, 5: intermuscular; 6 intra- and intermuscular
Image pattern 1: multinodular, 2: mass-like round/oval, 3: superficial spread
Borders 1: well defined /pushing type, 2: focal infiltrating, 3: diffuse infiltrating
Dominant STIR Signal intensity 1: hypointense, 2: isointense, 3: hyperintense
STIR Homogeneity 1: homogenous, 2: inhomogenous
Contrast enhancement of the tumor 1:<1/3 of the tumor, 2: 1/3–2/3, 3: >2/3
Homogeneity of Tumor contrast enhancement 1: homogeneous, 2: inhomogeneous
Tail sign 1: present, 0: absent, 2: uncertain
Vascularization 1: present, 0: absent
Necrosis 1: present, 0: absent
perilesional Edema 1: present, 0: absent
perilesional Contrast enhancement 1: present, 0: absent
Max diameter (in mm without tail) in mm
Edema diameter (in mm) in mm