Table 1 Subgroups in the patient cohort classified according to the 2016 Update of the WHO Classification of Brain Tumors, and mean kurtosis as well as skewness values of the respective tumor subgroups.

From: Texture analysis- and support vector machine-assisted diffusional kurtosis imaging may allow in vivo gliomas grading and IDH-mutation status prediction: a preliminary study

Molecular parameters

Histology

WHO grade

n (median age; M/F)

Median Karnofsky score

Mean diffusional kurtosis ± SD

Skewness diffusional kurtosis ± SD

IDH1/2 mutation

Astrocytoma

2

11 (46;7/4)

90

516.19 ± 97.20

1.03 ± 0.91

Anaplastic astrocytoma

3

4 (49;1/2)

80

482.69 ± 107.76

0.82 ± 0.77

Oligodendroglioma

2

6 (52;2/4)

80

504.60 ± 40.65

1.66 ± 2.95

Anaplastic oligodendroglioma

3

5 (46;2/3)

80

586.15 ± 64.70

−0.11 ± 0.74

Pooled

 

26 (48;12/13)

80

521.81 ± 85.62

0.93 ± 1.61

IDH1/2 wild type

Astrocytoma

2

2 (50;1/1)

90

648.58 ± 171.56

0.88 ± 0.34

Anaplastic astrocytoma

3

9 (49;2/1)

80

634.97 ± 137.77

2.05 ± 3.17

Pooled

 

11(50;3/2)

80

637.45 ± 134.75

1.84 ± 2.88