Radiomics and machine learning may accurately predict the grade and histological subtype in meningiomas using conventional and diffusion tensor imaging.

• Preoperative, noninvasive differentiation of the meningioma grade is important because it influences the treatment strategy. • Radiomics feature-based machine learning classifiers of T1C images, ADC, and FA maps are useful for differentiating meningioma grades. • In benign meningiomas, there were significant differences in the various texture parameters between fibroblastic and non-fibroblastic meningioma subtypes.