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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2014
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara, JP;
Yoshimasa Kobayashi, Nasushiobara, JP;
Haruki Iwai, Otawara, JP;
Rie Ochiai, Nasushiobara, JP;
Koichiro Watanabe, Nasushiobara, JP;
Kazunari Shima, Nasushiobara, JP;
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara, JP;
Abstract
A mammographic apparatus that includes X-ray detectors configured to detect X-rays entering the X-ray detectors, and attached to a holding-arm placed on a floor. The mammographic apparatus further includes circuitry configured to move the X-ray detectors between a scanning position and a waiting position. The X-ray detectors in the scanning position face an X-ray tube that generates X-rays across a breast-table, and the X-ray detectors in the waiting position are closer to the holding-arm than are the X-ray detectors in the scanning position.