TABLE 1

Description of Metabolic and Integrity Category for Classification of Peritumoral Fiber Tract Alterations in Gliomas

Limit valuesMetabolic category descriptionIntegrity category descriptionLabel
FET-ICR
 >1.6Tumor-infiltrated tissueT
 ≤1.6 and >1.1Reactive tissueR
 ≤1.1 and >0.9Normal tissueN
 ≤0.9Attenuated amino acid metabolismA
FD-ICR
 >1.15Compressed fiber structuresC
 ≤1.15 and ≥0.85Structure with normal FDN
 <0.85Attenuated fiber structureA
  • Reactive tissue is brain tissue showing astrogliosis or microglial activation.