| AD | Alzheimer’s disease |
| ADC | apparent diffusion coefficient |
| APT | amide proton transfer |
| APTw | amide proton transfer-weighted |
| AUC | area under the curve |
| CDR | clinical dementia rating |
| CDR-GS | CDR-global score |
| CDR-SB | CDR-sum of boxes |
| CEST | chemical exchange saturation transfer |
| CN | cognitively normal |
| DWI | diffusion-weighted imaging |
| FDR | false discovery rate |
| FLAIR | fluid-attenuated inversion recovery |
| GDS | geriatric depression scale |
| IQR | interquartile range |
| LASSO | least absolute shrinkage and selection operator |
| MCI | mild cognitive impairment |
| MMSE | mini-mental state examination |
| MTR | magnetization transfer ratio |
| NOE | nuclear Overhauser enhancement |
| PCC | posterior cingulate cortex |
| PET | positron emission tomography |
| QSM | quantitative susceptibility mapping |
| ROC | receiver operating characteristic |
| ROI | region of interest |
| T1w | T1-weighted |
| TIV | total intracranial volume |