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Table 4 Terms covered by a combination of RadLex entities

From: Determining the applicability of the RSNA radiology lexicon (RadLex) in high-grade glioma MRI reporting—a preliminary study on 20 consecutive cases with newly diagnosed glioblastoma

Term from radiology report

Equivalent combination of RadLex terms (RadLex ID)

Frequency (n = 20)

Facilitated diffusion

ADC value (49,527) + high (46,060)

5 (25.0%)

Frontobasal

Frontal brain region (6391) + basal surface of cerebral hemisphere (21,258)

1 (5.0%)

upper frontal region

Superolateral face of cerebral hemisphere (20,450) + frontal brain region (6391)

1 (5.0%)

Internal tumor structure

Structure (35,808) + neoplasm (3957) or lesion (38,780)

1 (5.0%)

Irregular enhancement

Irregular (5809) or heterogeneous (6060) + enhancement (34,300)

1 (5.0%)

Superomedial vertex of cerebral hemispherea

Junction of body part subdivisions (33,017) + medial surface of cerebral hemisphere (21,261) + superolateral face of cerebral hemisphere (20,450)

2 (10.0%)

Midline shift

Midline (5826) + displacement (4751)

1 (5.0%)

Normal perfusion pattern

Perfusion imaging observation (38,774) + normal (13,173)

1 (5.0%)

Paramedian

Median (5846) + adjacent (5849)

1 (5.0%)

Parietobasal

Subdivision of basal surface of cerebral hemisphere (21,264) + parietal brain region (6394)

1 (5.0%)

Pericentral

Central sulcus (6456) + adjacent (5849)

1 (5.0%)

Perifocal edema

Perilesional tissue characteristics (43,362) + edema (4865)

14 (70.0%)

Peritrigonal

Collateral trigone (27,786) or collateral trigone of lateral ventricle (7135) + adjacent (5849)

2 (10.0%)

Physiologic diffusion pattern

Diffusion (10,374) + normal (13,173)

3 (15.0%)

Roof of lateral ventricle

Wall of lateral ventricle (13,822) + upper (46,057)

1 (5.0%)

Signs of malignancy

Imaging observation (5) + suggestive (39,481) + malignant (15,655)

1 (5.0%)

Subependymal

Ependyma proper (19,270) + adjacent (5849)

2 (10.0%)

Sulcal effacement

Subarachnoid space (7119) + reduced (49,912) or narrow (10,410)

2 (10.0%)

T1 hypointensity

t1 weighted (10,794) + hypointense (35,804)

1 (5.0%)

Temporobasal

Subdivision of basal surface of cerebral hemisphere (21,264) + temporal brain region (6392)

1 (5.0%)

Slight/faint enhancement

Lesion enhancement (43,365) or enhancement (34,300) + minor (5691) or low (46,059)

3 (15.0%)

  1. This table lists all terms gathered from twenty glioblastoma MRI reports that are appropriately described by means of a combination of two or more RadLex entities
  2. ADC = apparent diffusion coefficient
  3. aCommonly used German expression ‘Mantelkante’