Multislice CT angiography in coronary artery disease: Technical developments, radiation dose and diagnostic value

Figure 7 Characterization of coronary plaques. RCA-right coronary artery. A: Curved planar reformatted image acquired with 64-slice computed tomography angiography shows a non-calcified plaque at the mid-segment of the right coronary artery in a 57-year-old man suspected of coronary artery disease; B: Calcified plaques (arrows) are found at the proximal and middle segments of the right coronary artery; C: Mixed type plaques are shown in the left anterior descending (LAD) artery in a 59-year-old man suspected of coronary artery disease; the long arrow indicates the calcified plaque, while the short arrows indicate non-calcified components.