Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Mammography apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 乳房X线摄影仪
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Application No.: US12576368Application Date: 2009-10-09
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Publication No.: US07970100B2Publication Date: 2011-06-28
- Inventor: Osamu Tsujii , Masakazu Morishita , Masahiko Okunuki , Satoshi Shimizu
- Applicant: Osamu Tsujii , Masakazu Morishita , Masahiko Okunuki , Satoshi Shimizu
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto
- Priority: JP2008-285707 20081106
- Main IPC: A61B6/04
- IPC: A61B6/04

Abstract:
A mammography apparatus includes a detector that detects X-rays transmitted through a breast, and an optically transparent or semitransparent pressing panel for pressing the breast. The apparatus further includes a near infrared ray source that provided between the X-ray source and the pressing panel and arranged in a two-dimensional shape in alignment with the pressing panel, and that is movable between a first position in close contact with the pressing panel and a second position outside an X-ray image capture region. Near infrared image capture is carried out using the near infrared ray source by causing the near infrared ray source to be in the first position, and the near infrared ray source is caused to retract to the second position when carrying out X-ray image capture using the X-ray source.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100111250A1 MAMMOGRAPHY APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2010-05-06
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