#$%^&*AU2016213696B220171207.pdf#####ABSTRACT A method for automatically generating a cardiovascular score for a patient, the method comprising: receiving, using at least one computer system, non-invasively obtained patient-specific image data regarding a geometry of one or more coronary arteries of the patient； creating, using the at least one computer system, a three-dimensional model representing a plurality of portions of the one or more coronary arteries of the patient using the patient-specific image data； automatically determining, using the at least one computer system, a value of a blood flow property for each of the plurality of portions of the one or more coronary arteries using the three-dimensional model； automatically determining, using the at least one computer system, a subset of the portions of the one or more coronary arteries having values of the blood flow property meeting a predetermined threshold of functional significance； automatically evaluating, using the at least one computer system, multiple characteristics of the subset of the portions of the one or more coronary arteries, wherein at least one of the multiple characteristics is selected from the group of left/right dominance, a total occlusion, a presence of an ostial disease, a tortuosity value, a length of a diseased vessel segment, one or more dimensions of calcified plaque, a thrombus, and a presence of a diffuse disease, and wherein automatically evaluating the multiple characteristics comprises automatically generating a numerical measurement of at least part of each characteristic； H: mka Interwoven NRPortbl DCC MKA 10646154 1.docx - 8/8/16- 2automatically assigning, using the at least one computer system, a point value to each of the multiple characteristics based on the evaluation and generated numerical measurement of each characteristic； and for the subset of the portions of the one or more coronary arteries meeting t
