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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2014
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Miki Tamura, Kawasaki, JP;
Kazuyuki Ueda, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 35/06 (2006.01); H01J 35/12 (2006.01); H01J 35/16 (2006.01); A61B 6/02 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/025 (2013.01); A61B 6/4007 (2013.01); H01J 35/06 (2013.01); H01J 35/12 (2013.01); H01J 35/16 (2013.01); A61B 6/4085 (2013.01); H01J 2201/30469 (2013.01); H01J 2235/068 (2013.01); H01J 2235/166 (2013.01); H01J 2235/168 (2013.01); H01J 2235/186 (2013.01); H01J 2235/205 (2013.01);
Abstract
A multiradiation generation apparatus according to the present invention includes a plurality of radiation sources arranged in a row. Each of the radiation sources includes an electron source configured to emit electrons and a target unit configured to generate radiation upon receiving electrons emitted from the electron source. At least one of the radiation sources is a dual-purpose radiation source used for both tomosynthesis imaging and non-tomosynthesis imaging, and the other radiation sources are single-purpose radiation sources used only for tomosynthesis imaging.