MRI of Entorhinal Cortex and Hippocampus in Alzheimer's Disease, Subcortical Ischemic Vascular Dementia and Mixed Dementia.

Early in vivo magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies of Alzheimer's disease reported hippocampal atrophy that could, to a high degree, distinguish Alzheimer's disease patients from cognitively normal elderly subjects. Additional research has shown that these measurements may not be as accurate at least for patients in mild stages of the disease. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]