Medical image diagnostic apparatus
AssigneeToshiba Medical Systems Corporation
InventorsRie OCHIAI, Yoshimasa KOBAYASHI, Naoko KURATOMI
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Abstract
A medical image diagnostic apparatus according to an embodiment includes a compression plate, an X-ray tube, an arm, an X-ray detector, and an ultrasound probe. The compression plate compresses a breast of a subject. The X-ray tube radiates X-rays. The arm holds the X-ray tube and moves, while the X-ray tube radiating the X-rays, an irradiation region of the X-rays in a direction perpendicular to a front-rear direction of the compression plate. The X-ray detector detects the X-rays having passed through the breast of the subject. The ultrasound probe transmits and receives an ultrasound wave, the ultrasound probe being movable in the direction perpendicular to the front-rear direction of the compression plate.
Claims12
A medical image diagnostic apparatus comprising:
- a compression plate configured to compress a breast of a subject;
- an X-ray tube configured to radiate X-rays;
- an arm configured to hold the X-ray tube and to move, while the X-ray tube radiating the X-rays, an irradiation region of the X-rays in a direction perpendicular to a front-rear direction of the compression plate;
- an X-ray detector configured to detect the X-rays having passed through the breast of the subject;
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- an ultrasound probe configured to transmit and receive an ultrasound wave, the ultrasound probe being movable in the direction perpendicular to the front-rear direction of the compression plate.
A medical image diagnostic apparatus comprising:
- a compression plate configured to compress a breast of a subject;
- an X-ray tube configured to radiate X-rays;
- an X-ray detector configured to detect the X-rays having passed through the breast of the subject;
- an ultrasound probe configured to transmit and receive an ultrasound wave;
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- processing circuitry configured to modify a irradiation condition of the X-rays based on a ultrasound image generated from a reflective wave received by the ultrasound probe.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.