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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2011
Toshihiko Suzuki, Hamamatsu, JP;
Yutaka Yamashita, Hamamatsu, JP;
Yukio Ueda, Hamamatsu, JP;
Etsuko Yamaki, Hamamatsu, JP;
Daisuke Yamashita, Hamamatsu, JP;
Kenji Yoshimoto, Hamamatsu, JP;
Harumi Sakahara, Hamamatsu, JP;
Hiroyuki Ogura, Hamamatsu, JP;
Hatsuko Nasu, Hamamatsu, JP;
Toshihiko Suzuki, Hamamatsu, JP;
Yutaka Yamashita, Hamamatsu, JP;
Yukio Ueda, Hamamatsu, JP;
Etsuko Yamaki, Hamamatsu, JP;
Daisuke Yamashita, Hamamatsu, JP;
Kenji Yoshimoto, Hamamatsu, JP;
Harumi Sakahara, Hamamatsu, JP;
Hiroyuki Ogura, Hamamatsu, JP;
Hatsuko Nasu, Hamamatsu, JP;
HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K., Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka, JP;
Abstract
A breast measurement apparatus comprises a receptacle for surrounding a breast; a plurality of optical fibers for irradiating the breast with examination light and detecting transmitted scattered light from the breast; an inner image generation unit for generating an optical CT image concerning the breast according to a detection signal of the transmitted scattered light; an ultrasonic probe, arranged so as to face the inside of the receptacle, for scanning the breast with an ultrasonic wave and receiving a reflected wave from the breast; an image generation unit for generating an ultrasonic image concerning the breast according to the reflected wave; and a mechanism for injecting and discharging a liquid interface agent into and from the inside of the receptacle.