Magnetization Transfer and Amide Proton Transfer MRI of Neonatal Brain Development

Table 1

The measured APT (%) of frontal lobe deep white matter, basal ganglia, and occipital lobe deep white matter with gestational age (day).

APT (%)
Case	Gestational age (day)	Frontal lobe deep white matter	Basal ganglia	Occipital lobe deep white matter
1	191	0.2865565	0.5610845	0.2240295
2	196	0.1606295	0.753212	0.531229
3	203	0.314636	0.417282	0.3569482
4	210	0.3283785	1.04580925	0.56413275
5	210	0.658413	1.0398185	0.573494
6	219	0.654974	1.234728333	0.625218
7	219	0.247978	1.27012	0.7158715
8	222	0.5333595	1.270135	0.6364595
9	224	0.62417025	1.0394645	0.87172725
10	229	0.6208725	0.873164	0.6813355
11	233	0.581705	1.2721025	0.65139675
12	237	0.388836	1.23342	0.485775
13	238	0.48234873	1.357225	0.7878892
14	238	0.54149115	1.554525	0.767246
15	240	0.1850855	1.24202	0.58474
16	240	0.8021585	1.54691	0.9852405
17	243	0.43556	1.07769	0.5521545
18	250	0.64959525	1.403605	0.7551365
19	250	0.5394515	1.433305	0.757351
20	252	0.7482053	1.390218167	0.770961333
21	252	0.8250045	1.48694	0.6612495
22	258	0.706682	1.1035045	0.9320605
23	259	0.7196395	1.15165	0.7811165
24	267	0.764964	1.38085075	0.937480875
25	268	0.82505	1.035838	0.896967
26	269	0.6293945	1.650745	1.092922
27	270	0.788212	1.494025	0.8789635
28	275	0.9989034	1.46188	1.085519167
29	277	0.9608	1.52487	1.109135
30	278	1.0568445	1.445595	1.167215
31	279	1.02664408	1.5563758	1.2141181
32	280	0.801769	1.614184	0.97464
33	282	1.1601819	1.53851	1.39712
34	282	1.08711	1.77139	1.28227
35	284	1.0008835	1.491565	1.394685
36	284	1.15272	1.698	1.525505
37	285	1.1803
38	287	1.237795	1.796135	1.558985
Mean ± SD

means APT values measurement failed in basal ganglia and occipital lobe due to the presence of partial artifacts of case 37.