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All underwent DECT late iodine enhancement (LIE), cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) late gadolinium enhancement (LGE), native and enhanced T1 mapping. DECT-LIE-ECV and CMR-ECV were measured in 1-16 myocardial segments of the left ventricle. Additionally, with reference to the CMR-LGE images, DECT-LIE-ECV and CMR-ECV of the MFS and the remote myocardium at a same slice were measured. Quantitative performance was assessed via Spearman correlation, Bland-Altman analysis, ROC curves, and DeLong\u2019s tests.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A total of 438 myocardial segments from 28 patients were analyzed (including 101 MFS-positive, 337 MFS-negative). (2) MFS-positive segments showed higher ECV than MFS-negative (CMR: 41% vs 29%; DECT: 33% vs 25%). DECT-LIE-ECV correlated weakly with CMR-ECV (r\u2009=\u20090.21, P\u2009&amp;lt;\u2009.001) but had moderate agreement (mean bias: 0.8%). Diagnostic accuracy was lower for DECT (AUC: 0.711) than CMR (AUC: 0.892; P\u2009&amp;lt;\u2009.001). (3) Lesion-level: MFS regions had higher ECV than remote myocardium (CMR: 57% vs 27%; DECT: 48% vs 25%). DECT-LIE-ECV correlated strongly with CMR-ECV (r\u2009=\u20090.76, P\u2009&amp;lt;\u2009.001) and showed moderate agreement (mean bias: 0.8%). Both methods had near-perfect diagnostic accuracy (DECT AUC: 0.989; CMR AUC: 0.985; P\u2009=\u2009.720).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Low-contrast DECT-LIE-ECV accurately quantifies MFS when targeting scar regions directly, offering a promising supplementary tool for myocardial scar quantification, especially for patients with contraindications to CMR.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Advances in knowledge<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The key finding of this study is the validation that low-contrast DECT-LIE-ECV enables accurate quantitative assessment of MFS via direct scar region targeting, providing a novel non-invasive supplementary to the reference standard CMR. 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