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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2015
Fujifilm Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Takao Kuwabara, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
FUJIFILM Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A breast thickness measuring apparatus and a breast thickness measuring method are applied to a radiographic image capturing system. After a breast, which is placed on a support table, has been compressed by a compression plate having a marker disposed thereon, the breast is irradiated with radiation emitted from a radiation source. A radiographic image is generated on the basis of radiation that has passed through the breast, and a marker image, which is included within the radiographic image, is detected by a marker detector. Finally, the thickness of the compressed breast is calculated by a thickness calculator on the basis of a position of the detected marker image, a position of the radiation source, and information concerning the compression plate.