Abstract: A lifting step assembly for helping a user entering a cabin of an industrial vehicle, the lifting step assembly comprising a first step member configured for selectively moving along a first translation direction between a first position and a second position, so that the user can be lifted from the first position to the second position, a second step member configured for being moved between a retracted position and a deployed position wherein the second step member projects out of the first step member, and a deployment mechanism configured for moving the second step member from the retracted position to the deployed position when the distance between the first step member and the second position becomes lower than a predetermined threshold.

Abstract: A method of automatically scoring intravascular calcium. The delineation of a body surface is detected in a tomographic image produced by an X-ray CT system. Images of bones are removed from a field encircled with the delineation of the body surface. The delineations of blood vessels are detected in the tomographic image having the bone images removed therefrom. Calcium is scored using the tomographic image having the bone images removed therefrom. Only the scores of intravascular calcium obtained from the fields inside the delineations of the blood vessels are displayed.

Abstract: A method of automatically scoring intravascular calcium. The delineation of a body surface is detected in a tomographic image produced by an X-ray CT system. Images of bones are removed from a field encircled with the delineation of the body surface. The delineations of blood vessels are detected in the tomographic image having the bone images removed therefrom. Calcium is scored using the tomographic image having the bone images removed therefrom. Only the scores of intravascular calcium obtained from the fields inside the delineations of the blood vessels are displayed.