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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2015
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Nobuhiro Ito, Yamato, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/03 (2006.01); A61B 6/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/502 (2013.01); A61B 6/032 (2013.01); A61B 6/0435 (2013.01);
Abstract
A breast tomography system includes an X-ray generation tube including a reflection type target, an X-ray detector facing the X-ray generation tube with an imaginary rotation axis placed therebetween, and a gantry that stores the X-ray generation tube and the X-ray detector and that includes a front panel on the subjectee side. A tube axis of the X-ray generation tube is disposed to extend along the front panel.