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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2020
Applicant:
Canon Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara, JP;
Inventor:
Yoshimasa Kobayashi, Nasushiobara, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/502 (2013.01); A61B 6/0414 (2013.01); A61B 6/0435 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0247 (2013.01);
Abstract
According to one embodiment, a mammography apparatus includes: a breast placement stage on which a breast is placed; a compression plate that compresses the breast placed on the breast placement stage; a supporting arm that supports the breast placement stage in such a manner that the stage can be tilted; and processing circuitry that controls driving of the compression plate in such a manner that the breast placed on the breast placement stage tilted by the supporting arm is supported from below and compressed.