Radiation imaging apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsOsamu Tsujii, Shinsuke Hayashida, Kazuhiro Matsumoto, Katsushi Kato
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Abstract
A radiation imaging apparatus that performs radiation imaging of a breast of a subject, which includes a table for laying down the subject; a receiving section that receives a breast of the subject laid on the table in a supine position; a radiation imaging section including a radiation emission unit and a radiation detection unit each located at a position opposing to each other being interposed by the breast of the subject received in the receiving section; and a drive unit that shifts the receiving section to a position suitable for imaging the breast of the subject.
Claims10
A radiation imaging apparatus adapted to perform radiation imaging of a breast of a subject, comprising:
- a table for supporting a subject in a supine position;
- a receiving section configured to receive a breast of the subject whilst in said supine position;
- a radiation imaging section including a radiation emission unit and a radiation detection unit which face each other and which have the breast of the subject interposed therebetween when the breast is received in the receiving section;
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- a drive unit operable to move the receiving section to a position suitable for imaging the breast of the subject.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.