Shimadzu Corporation

Masami Maekawa

Keishi Kitamura

Mayuka Yoshizawa

Nobuhiro Hanafusa

Junichi Ohi

Koretsugu Ogata

Koji Tanimizu

Ichiro Oda

Atsushi Inami

Takanori Mochizuki

Koji Shimizu

Tomoichi Takahashi

Ryuh Konoshita

The mammographic apparatus of this invention maintains peripheral portions of the breast area Ma of the sternal plate of a patient M in contact with a sternal plate contact boxduring radiography for RI distribution images of the breast area Ma of the patient M. Since the body motion accompanying respiration of the patient M shifts from the breast side to the back side, the motion of the breast area Ma of the patient M accompanying respiration of the patient M is suppressed easily. In addition, since radiography for RI distribution images is carried out with the patient M in a seated position seated on a seating unit, the apparatus is compact and can installed in a limited area, compared with an apparatus that carries out radiography for RI distribution images with a patient in a sleeping position lying on her back or on a side on a top board.

Mammographic apparatus

Disclosed is a reaction kit for preventing the entry of foreign matter into a reaction plate from the outside and the pollution of a surrounding environment. The reaction kit includes: a reaction plate () having, on the top surface side thereof, a reaction container () for carrying out the reaction of a sample and a reagent container () containing a reagent used for the reaction of a sample and sealed with a film (); a dispensation tip () arranged on the top surface side of the reaction plate (); a cover () covering a space above the top surface of the reaction plate () and movably supporting the dispensation tip () so that a distal end thereof is located inside the space covered with the cover () and a proximal end thereof is located outside the space; and a sample container () for introducing a sample into the space covered with the cover () from the outside through a sealable opening () provided in a part of the cover ().

Reaction kit

A detector unit for mammography of this invention includes a gamma-ray detector having a configuration with a cutout formed in part of a closed curve, a hollow portion thereof providing a field of view. The gamma-ray detector can easily be placed in a position where a breast and breast peripheries of a patient enter the field of view at the same time, by fitting sites of the patient not to be examined, such as a top of an arm and a shoulder, in the cutout. This allows breast tissues present in the breast and breast peripheries to be diagnosed at the same time.

Detector unit for mammography, and a nuclear medicine diagnostic apparatus for mammography having the same

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Kyoto, Japan

Masami Maekawa