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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2024
Fujifilm Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Hisatsugu Horiuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Koji Shimomura, Kanagawa, JP;
Keiji Tsubota, Kanagawa, JP;
Takeyasu Kobayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Sayaka Saito, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJIFILM Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An imaging apparatus including an imaging table having an imaging surface; a compression member for putting a breast disposed on the imaging surface into a compressed state; an ultrasound unit that captures an ultrasound image of the breast put into the compressed state by the compression member, from an upper surface side of the compression member opposite to a contact surface with the breast; a first drive mechanism that moves the ultrasound unit between at least two states of an approach state in which the ultrasound unit approaches an upper surface, and a separation state in which the ultrasound unit is separated from the upper surface as compared to the approach state; and a second drive mechanism that moves the ultrasound unit put into the separation state by the first drive mechanism, in a plane direction of the upper surface.