1. An automated method for detecting coronary artery calcification, the automated method comprising: creating, using a processor, a three dimensional (3D) bounding volume by analyzing a set of images, wherein the bounding volume includes a heart; applying a reticle on the created bounding volume so as to divide the bounding volume into regions; analyzing each region to identify calcified plaques that exceed a predetermined value; labeling each identified calcified plaque; automatically determining a location of each labeled calcified plaque using the reticle; and generating quantitative measurements for the identified calcified plaques that exceed a predetermined value.