The change of amide proton transfer (APT) signal intensity (SI) with age in testes of adults: A preliminary study
Wenhao Fu1, Yang Peng1, Guanglei Tang1, Weibo Chen2, Kan Deng3, Zhongping Zhang3, Yingjie Mei3, and Jian Guan1
1Department of Radiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China, 2Philips Healthcare, Shanghai, China, 3Philips Healthcare, Guangzhou, China
We found that APT SI of testes was positively correlated age, which
suggested that APT could be a potential biomarker for spermatogenic
function.
Figure 1. The APT weighted images of testes.
Pearson’s correlation showed a significant positive
correlation between age and the mean APT SI of both testes.