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. 2017 Mar 2;18:82. doi: 10.1186/s12882-017-0480-2

Fig. 1.

Fig. 1

Grading of abdominal aortic calcification. For all segments both the anterior and posterior wall are graded for the extent of vascular calcification. Grading: 0 points: No calcific deposits; 1 point: less than 1/3 of the wall calcified; 2 points : between 1/3 and 2/3 of the wall affected; 3 points : more than 2/3 of the wall affected. The right panel shows an example of this calculation