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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2011
Naoyuki Okada, Ashigarakami-gun, JP;
Naoyuki Okada, Ashigarakami-gun, JP;
FUJIFILM Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A mammographic system which carries out a bioptic method for inserting a bioptic needle into a breast to sample a tissue from a bioptic region includes a display unit for displaying second stereoscopic images acquired by applying a radiation to the breast while the bioptic needle is being inserted in the breast, an indicating unit for indicating a pointed end of the bioptic needle and the bioptic region in each of the second stereoscopic images, a bioptic needle position calculator for calculating a three-dimensional coordinate position of the pointed end of the bioptic needle which is indicated, a bioptic region position calculator for calculating a three-dimensional coordinate position of the bioptic region which is indicated, and an angle calculator for calculating a direction of the calculated bioptic region with respect to the calculated pointed end of the bioptic needle and displaying the calculated direction on the display unit.
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