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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2008
Osamu Tsujii, Utsunomiya, JP;
Shinsuke Hayashida, Yokohama, JP;
Kazuhiro Matsumoto, Saitama, JP;
Katsushi Kato, Kawasaki, JP;
Osamu Tsujii, Utsunomiya, JP;
Shinsuke Hayashida, Yokohama, JP;
Kazuhiro Matsumoto, Saitama, JP;
Katsushi Kato, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A radiation imaging apparatus that performs radiation imaging of a breast of a subject, which includes a table for laying down the subject; a receiving section that receives a breast of the subject laid on the table in a supine position; a radiation imaging section including a radiation emission unit and a radiation detection unit each located at a position opposing to each other being interposed by the breast of the subject received in the receiving section; and a drive unit that shifts the receiving section to a position suitable for imaging the breast of the subject.