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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2012
Hamamatsu Photonics K.k., Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka, 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 mammography device is disclosed. The mammography device includes a container configured to surround the breast and a plurality of optical fibers attached to be directed inward in the container and configured to perform radiation and detection of light. The container has a base member having an opening, a plurality of annular members continuously disposed to come in communication with the opening, and a bottom member disposed inside the annular member spaced the farthest distance from the base member. The annular members and the bottom member are configured to relatively displace the adjacent annular member on the side of the base member or the base member in a communication direction. Some of the plurality of optical fibers is attached to the plurality of annular members.