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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2020
Fujifilm Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Takahisa Arai, Kanagawa, JP;
Masakazu Fukuyo, Kanagawa, JP;
Takeyasu Kobayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Shunsuke Kodaira, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJIFILM CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A mammography apparatus includes a compression control unit that, in a case in which continuous imaging that captures a radiographic image of the breast compressed by a compression plate and then captures an ultrasound image of the breast while maintaining the compressed state is performed, performs control to set a force of the compression plate compressing the breast to a first force in the capture of the radiographic image and to change the force of the compression plate compressing the breast from the first force to a second force lower than the first force in the capture of the ultrasound image.