Automated inline extracellular volume (ECV) mapping

Background Quantitative extracellular volume (ECV) estimates based on T1 mapping have potential for characterizing cardiomyopathies with diffuse fibrosis and edema [1,2]. An unsupervised approach for generating pixel-wise ECV maps was recently introduced [3]. In this work we extend the algorithms to include saturation recoverybased T1 mapping and present an inline implementation of these methods, offering a fast and fully automated approach for generating pixel-wise ECV maps as Dicom images on an MR scanner console.