Table III. Sensitivity and specificity of magnetic resonance imaging measures. AD, Alzheimer's disease; NINCDS, NINCDS (National Institutes of Neurological, Communicative Disorders and Stroke) probable AD (clinical); NINCDS possible, NINCDS possible or probable AD (clinical); NINCDS other, unspecified NINCDS criteria (clinical); rCBV, regional cerebral blood volume; PTC, parietotemporal cortex; MTL, mesial temporal lobe.

	No. AD subjects	No. controls	Measurement	Sensitivity	Specificity	Diagnostic criteria
Harris et al,29 1998	27	18 normal	PTC rCBV	0.33	0,94	NINCDS
Juottonen et al,31 1999	55	83 other	Hippocampal volume	0.90	0.94	NINCDS
Wahlund et al,13 2000	41	67 normal	MTL volume + MMSE	0.88	0,96	NINCDS possible
Golebiowski et al,30 1999	50	25 normal	Hippocampal volume	0.95	0.92	NINCDS other