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syngo Calcium Scoring
Postprocessing
syngo Calcium Scoring is an evaluation software used
for quantification of calcified coronary lesions.
The data is based on a low dose acquisition with either
an ECG-triggered Sequence or a retrospectively gated
Spiral.
• Evaluation on a separate syngo task card on the user
interface.
• Scoring is facilitated with selection and automatic
growing tools for definition of lesions in the main
coronary branches (RCA, LM, LAD, CX).
• Freehand ROI definition of lesions in addition to the
seeding method.
• 3D Edit for separation and modification of lesions
within a defined volume (depth in mm), and on 2D-
slices possible.
• Correlated image display in different planes using
Maximum Intensity Projection (MIP) and Multi Planar
Reformats (MPR).
• Blow-up display for easier identification of small
lesions.
• Default threshold of 130 HU for score calculation can
be modified.
• Online display of results in a separate segment:
– Interpolated Volume (in mm
3
).
– Calcium mass (mg Calcium Hydroxyapatite).
– Score (Agatston method).