Aerobic Glycolysis as a Marker of Tumor Aggressiveness: Preliminary Data in High Grade Human Brain Tumors

Table 3

PET metabolic measures in FreeSurfer ROIs corresponding to pathologically verified tumor in the right frontal and insular region and in contralateral (left) hemisphere in individual with familial AD and GBM (participant #13).

FreeSurfer region	AG		CMRGlu		CMRO2		CBF
	Right	Left	Right	Left	Right	Left	Right	Left
Rostral middle frontal	171	118	1.11	1.10	0.95	1.00	0.96	0.96
Transverse temporal	206	113	1.36	1.33	1.21	1.30	1.19	1.26
Pars orbitalis	167	19	1.04	0.99	0.87	0.99	0.88	0.89
Pars triangularis	200	71	1.16	1.15	0.98	1.12	1.00	1.00
Pars opercularis	162	155	1.28	1.26	1.17	1.15	1.21	1.12
Insula	60	37	1.19	1.18	1.19	1.20	1.25	1.20
Caudate	158	76	1.08	1.09	0.94	1.05	0.96	1.00
Precuneus	27	−24	1.05	1.09	1.10	1.12	1.08	1.04