Canon Medical Systems Corporation

Yuuji Kuki

Naoko Kuratomi

Tomoaki Ogura

Yasushi Sakai

Seiichirou Nagai

Takehito Tomaru

Rie Ochiai

Takahiro Inagaki

According to one embodiment, an X-ray mammography apparatus includes a breast support, a compression plate, and a compression controller. The breast support where the breast is placed. The compression plate is arranged such that the breast is sandwiched between the breast support and the compression plate. The compression controller is configured to control the breast support to move toward the compression plate so as to compress the breast from below between the breast support and the compression plate.

X-ray mammography apparatus and computer program product

According to one embodiment, an X-ray diagnostic apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to specify a position of a pathological abnormality candidate and a pathological abnormality type of a breast of a subject from a plurality of pieces of tomographic images obtained by performing tomosynthesis imaging on the breast. The processing circuitry is configured to, in a two-dimensional image obtained by performing X-ray imaging on the breast, perform image processing on a position corresponding to the position of the specified pathological abnormality candidate in accordance with the pathological abnormality type.

X-ray diagnostic apparatus and image processing apparatus to specify a position of a pathological abnormality candidate

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Utsunomiya, Japan

Yuuji Kuki