Ke Jiang1,
Xiaotian Wang1, 2, Hulong Lei1, Wei Yang1,
Yin Wu1
1Paul
C. Lauterbur Research Center for Biomedical Imaging, Shenzhen Key Laboratory
for MRI, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of
Sciences, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China; 2Sino-Dutch Biomedical and
Information Engineering School, Northeastern University, Shenyang, Liaoning,
China
DTI is a powerful tool to investigate muscle structures. Most DTI studies of probing ischemic muscle were performed on adult species, results of which may not apply on other age populations. In this study, we aim to investigate age-related regeneration process of ischemic muscle. 10 young and old SD rats were longitudinally studied using DTI before and after ischemia induction. Results showed that the young group was more sensitive to ischemia and recovered more rapidly than the old group. This study demonstrates the age-related discrepancy of muscle regeneration process, and may provide supplemental information for understanding of muscle repair evolution.