ABSTRACT
Cardiovascular magnetic resonance is becoming more widely available, and today it has a wide range of clinical indications. While the majority of clinical studies are interpreted by visual inspection, most of the imaging data can also be quantitatively analyzed. Quantitative analysis is mandatory in some instances such as the estimation of iron loading using T2* methods. It is commonplace for other instances, such as for the calculation of left ventricular (LV) and right ventricular (RV) volumes and function from cine images, whereas in others quantitation remains largely a research tool, as is the case for quantitative estimates of myocardial blood flow (MBF). This chapter gives an overview of some areas where quantitative analysis of cardiovascular MRI data is often used or particularly promising.
