Table 3 AUCs for the 10 best performing combinations of descriptors for cognitive (top) and motor (bottom) outcome based on the images acquired at 40 weeks PMA.

From: Prediction of cognitive and motor outcome of preterm infants based on automatic quantitative descriptors from neonatal MR brain images

40 weeks PMA (n = 153), Cognitive outcome < 85

AUC

GA

CB

mWM

BGT

vCSF

uWM

BS

cGM

eCSF

ISA

MC

GI

MT

BV

0.702

×

  

×

×

×

×

×

×

×

×

×

×

×

0.689

×

×

  

×

×

 

×

×

×

×

×

×

×

0.686

×

×

  

×

×

×

×

×

×

×

×

×

×

0.686

×

×

×

×

×

×

×

 

×

 

×

×

×

 

0.686

   

×

×

×

×

×

×

×

×

×

×

×

0.682

×

×

 

×

×

×

×

×

 

×

×

×

×

×

0.681

×

  

×

×

×

 

×

×

×

×

×

×

×

0.680

×

×

 

×

×

×

×

 

×

×

×

×

×

×

0.679

×

 

×

×

×

×

×

×

×

×

×

×

  

0.677

×

×

 

×

×

 

×

×

×

×

×

×

×

×

Count

9

6

2

8

10

9

8

8

9

9

10

10

9

8

40 weeks PMA (n = 153), Motor outcome < 85

AUC

GA

CB

mWM

BGT

vCSF

uWM

BS

cGM

eCSF

ISA

MC

GI

MT

BV

0.714

 

×

×

 

×

×

×

 

×

×

×

×

×

 

0.714

×

×

×

×

 

×

×

×

 

×

 

×

×

×

0.713

 

×

×

 

×

×

×

 

×

 

×

×

×

×

0.712

 

×

×

 

×

×

×

×

 

×

 

×

×

×

0.712

 

×

×

 

×

×

×

 

×

×

×

×

×

×

0.711

×

×

×

   

×

×

×

×

 

×

×

×

0.711

 

×

×

 

×

×

×

 

×

×

×

 

×

×

0.710

 

×

×

 

×

 

×

×

 

×

×

×

×

×

0.709

×

 

×

  

×

×

×

×

×

×

×

×

×

0.709

×

×

×

×

 

×

×

×

 

×

 

×

 

×

Count

4

9

10

2

6

8

10

6

6

9

6

9

9

9

  1. GA: gestational age, CB: cerebellum volume, mWM: myelinated white matter volume, BGT: basal ganglia and thalami volume, vCSF: ventricular cerebrospinal fluid volume, uWM: unmyelinated white matter volume, BS: brain stem volume, cGM: cortical grey matter volume, eCSF: extracerebral cerebrospinal fluid volume, ISA: inner cortical surface area, MC: global mean curvature, GI: gyrification index, MT: median cortical thickness, BV: brain volume. The bottom row shows in how many of the combinations each descriptor is present.