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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 02, 2008
Shingo Kanemitsu, Nasushiobara, JP;
Rina Takahashi, Funabashi, JP;
Makiko Itaya, Tokyo, JP;
Naoko Kuratomi, Sakura, JP;
Noriaki Baba, Tokyo, JP;
Kenji Ido, Yokohama, JP;
Yuko Saito, Tachikawa, JP;
Naoko Chikuma, Tokyo, JP;
Masatsugu Kawamata, Utsunomiya, JP;
Takehito Tomaru, Otawara, JP;
Shingo Kanemitsu, Nasushiobara, JP;
Rina Takahashi, Funabashi, JP;
Makiko Itaya, Tokyo, JP;
Naoko Kuratomi, Sakura, JP;
Noriaki Baba, Tokyo, JP;
Kenji Ido, Yokohama, JP;
Yuko Saito, Tachikawa, JP;
Naoko Chikuma, Tokyo, JP;
Masatsugu Kawamata, Utsunomiya, JP;
Takehito Tomaru, Otawara, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-shi, JP;
Abstract
A mammography apparatus includes a rotatably supported arm, an X-ray tube to generate X-rays, which is held on one end of the arm, an imaging stage which is held on the other end of the arm, an X-ray detector which detects the X-rays having passed through patient's breast and is contained in the imaging stage, and an armrest which has an armrest main body portion having a convexly curved surface, and a continuous base portion to fix the armrest main body on the arm.