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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2005
Lars A. Conrad-hansen, Frederiksberg, DK;
Marleen DE Bruijne, Copenhagen, DK;
Francois Bernard Lauze, Copenhagen Nv, DK;
Claus Christiansen, Skodsborg, DK;
Mads Nielsen, Dragor, DK;
Lars A. Conrad-Hansen, Frederiksberg, DK;
Marleen de Bruijne, Copenhagen, DK;
Francois Bernard Lauze, Copenhagen Nv, DK;
Claus Christiansen, Skodsborg, DK;
Mads Nielsen, Dragor, DK;
Nordio Bioscience A/S, Herlev, DK;
Abstract
A method of deriving a quantitative measure of a degree of calcification of a blood vessel such as an aorta by processing an image such as an X-ray image of at least a part of the blood vessel containing said calcification comprises: taking a starting set of digital data representative of an image of at least part of a blood vessel containing a calcification set against a background;