Breast imaging apparatus, method of controlling breast imaging apparatus, and storage medium
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsOsamu Tsujii, Tetsuo Shimada, Sakiko Yamaguchi, Takahiro Noguchi, Hitomi Ogasawara, Chifuyu Inagaki
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Abstract
A breast imaging apparatus includes a radiation imaging unit capable of performing mammogram imaging and CT imaging. The breast imaging apparatus includes: a cover detection unit configured to detect a state of a cover that separates an object from the radiation imaging unit; and a control unit configured to switch between the mammogram imaging and the CT imaging based on the state.
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A breast imaging apparatus including a radiation imaging unit capable of performing mammogram imaging and CT imaging, comprising:
- a cover detection unit configured to detect a state of a cover that separates an object from the radiation imaging unit;
- and
- a control unit configured to switch between the mammogram imaging and the CT imaging based on the state.
A method of controlling of a breast imaging apparatus including a radiation imaging unit capable of performing mammogram imaging and CT imaging, comprising:
- detecting a state of a cover that separates an object from the radiation imaging unit;
- and
- switching between the mammogram imaging and the CT imaging based on the state.
A computer-readable storage medium storing a program that causes a computer to execute each step of a method of controlling of a breast imaging apparatus including a radiation imaging unit capable of performing mammogram imaging and CT imaging, the method of controlling the breast imaging apparatus comprising:
- detecting a state of a cover that separates an object from the radiation imaging unit;
- and
- switching between the mammogram imaging and the CT imaging based on the state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.