Table 1 Patients’ characteristics

Age years mean (SD, range)

11 (3, 5–16)

Sex female, n (%)

13 (87)

Reported symptoms before examination^a, n (%)

     Headache

15 (100%)

     Nausea or vomiting

3 (20%)

     Dizziness

1 (7%)

     Syncope

1 (7%)

Clinical queries in the referral, n (%)

     Brain tumor

13 (87%)

     Vascular pathology

1 (7%)

     Increased intracranial pressure

2 (13%)

     Hydrocephalus

1 (7%)

     Residual brain injury after previous bleeding

1 (7%)

     Unspecified suspicion of cerebral pathology

5 (33%)

Scan time delay between CT and EPIMix acquisition post-contrast, median time in minutes

34

EPIMix acquired prior CT, n (%)

3 (20%)

CT acquired prior EPIMix, n (%)

12 (80%)