Clinical utility of cerebrovascular reactivity mapping in patients with low grade gliomas

Table 1 Age, sex, tumor location and histology for seven brain tumor cases included in the study

Age	Sex	Tumor location	Histology/tumor grade
25	F	Left frontal lobe	Oligoastrocytoma grade II
27	M	Right cingulate gyrus	Oligodendroglioma grade II
42	M	Left temporal lobe	Astrocytoma grade II
25	M	Right temporal lobe	Diffuse astrocytoma grade II
54	M	Left frontal	Oligodendroglioma grade II
27	F	Left hemispheric (primarily insular and inferior frontal)	Pilocytic astrocytoma gradeI
41	M	Left insular	Oligoastrocytoma grade II

F: Female; M: Male.

Table 2 Main parameters for the sequences of interest in the study

Sequence	TR (ms)	TE (ms)	FA	FOV (cm2)	Acquisition matrix	Slice thickness (mm)
T1 MPRAGE	7	3.5	9°	24 × 24	256 × 256	1
T2* DSC	2450	45	90°	24 × 24	128 × 128	4
T2* BOLD	2000	30	90°	24 × 24	64 × 64	4

DSC: Dynamic susceptibility contrast; BOLD: blood oxygen level dependent; FOV: Field of view.