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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2010
Hayato Akuzawa, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Hajime Nakata, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Yousuke Tsukamizu, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Hayato Akuzawa, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Hajime Nakata, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Yousuke Tsukamizu, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
FUJIFILM Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A biopsy apparatus includes a biopsy region positional information calculator for calculating a three-dimensional position of a biopsy region, a biopsy needle moving mechanism for moving a biopsy needle along three axes and/or turning the biopsy needle obliquely to an object to be examined, a biopsy needle positional information calculator for calculating a three-dimensional position of the biopsy needle, and a traveled distance calculator for calculating a distance over which the biopsy needle moves with respect to the biopsy region based on the three-dimensional position of the biopsy needle and the three-dimensional position of the biopsy region.