Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Breast imaging apparatus
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Application No.: US15195627Application Date: 2016-06-28
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Publication No.: US10231683B2Publication Date: 2019-03-19
- Inventor: Tetsuo Shimada , Osamu Tsujii , Hiroshi Komatsu , Sakiko Yamaguchi , Nobuhiro Takeuchi , Takahiro Noguchi , Hitomi Ogasawara , Chifuyu Inagaki , Yoshinori Hirano
- 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: JP2015-132185 20150630
- Main IPC: A61B6/00
- IPC: A61B6/00 ; A61B6/03 ; A61B6/04 ; A61B6/10

Abstract:
A breast imaging apparatus includes a gantry which includes a radiation generation unit configured to generate radiation and a radiation detection unit configured to detect radiation generated by the radiation generation unit, the radiation generation unit and the radiation detection unit being capable of rotating facing each other, wherein the gantry is provided with a front cover configured to protect a subject from the radiation generation unit and the radiation detection unit which rotate during CT imaging, and the front cover has an opening in which the breast of the subject is inserted, and a breast holding portion configured to hold the breast of the subject inserted in the opening.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170000436A1 BREAST IMAGING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2017-01-05
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