A method is disclosed for providing a correcting factor for the dilution
of measurements of at least one biomarker in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF).
The method comprises providing semi-automated measurements of the
ventricular system by MRI scans using quantitative anatomical protocols,
determining a measurement of biomarker levels in CSF that has been
extracted, correcting the measurement of the level of said at least one
biomarker according to the ventricular size, and providing a corrected
result of the measurement determined in step (b), said corrected result
accounting for concentration dilution due to the change in ventricular
size. The method is particularly suited for the measurement of all
biomarkers found in the CSF, such as those associated with mild cognitive
impairment (MCI) and Alzheimer's Disease.