Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Computed tomographic mammography apparatus and computed tomographic apparatus for breast
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Application No.: US15023639Application Date: 2014-11-11
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Publication No.: US09968308B2Publication Date: 2018-05-15
- Inventor: Junya Kawase , Takeo Tsukamoto , Nobuhiro Ito
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Canon U.S.A., Inc. IP Division
- Priority: JP2013-239624 20131120; JP2013-239625 20131120
- International Application: PCT/JP2014/005648 WO 20141111
- International Announcement: WO2015/075897 WO 20150528
- Main IPC: A61B6/03
- IPC: A61B6/03 ; A61B6/10 ; A61B6/00 ; A61B6/06

Abstract:
A mammographic CT apparatus includes: a gantry, including a front face plate in which an insertion opening is formed for inserting a breast into an accommodation portion a radiation tube and sensing device disposed within the gantry; a driving unit configured to rotate the radiation tube and the sensing device around a rotation axis set in the normal direction of the accommodation portion, at the same angular speed and in the same direction; a collimator disposed between the accommodation portion and the radiation tube, and configured to rotate around the rotation axis integrally with the radiation tube and sensing device; and an annular shield disposed between the rotational path of the collimator and the rotational path of the radiation tube, having an annular gap corresponding to the rotational path of the collimator, wherein an edge of the collimator or sensing device is fit into the gap.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160206253A1 COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC MAMMOGRAPHY APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2016-07-21
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