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Subjects were dichotomized into two age and gender matched groups; the MCI-AD group (22 subjects who progressed to develop AD) and the MCI-control group (who did not develop AD). DTI images were anatomically parcellated into 90 distinct regions ROIs followed by tractography methods to obtain different biophysical networks. Features extracted from these networks were used to train predictive algorithms with the objective of discriminating the MCI-AD and MCI-control groups. Model performance and best features are reported. RESULTS: Up to 80% prediction accuracy was achieved using a combination of features from the \u2018right anterior cingulum\u2019 and \u2018right frontal superior medial\u2019. Additionally, local network features were more useful than global in improving the model\u2019s performance. 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