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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2016
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuo Shimada, Hachioji, JP;
Osamu Tsujii, Kawasaki, JP;
Hiroshi Komatsu, Yokohama, JP;
Sakiko Yamaguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuhiro Takeuchi, Yokohama, JP;
Takahiro Noguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Hitomi Ogasawara, Kawasaki, JP;
Chifuyu Inagaki, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshinori Hirano, Kashiwa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
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.