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US 2018/0008221 A1Published application
Breast computed tomography system
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorNobuhiro Ito
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Abstract
The present invention provides a breast computed tomography system in which the body motion and the pain of an examinee during capturing of images of the breast are reduced. The breast computed tomography system includes a gantry accommodating a light emitting unit that radiates light onto the breast. The gantry includes a gripper having a right gripping portion and a left gripping portion.
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A breast computed tomography system comprising:
- a light emitting unit configured to emit light to a breast of an examinee;
- a scanning unit configured to move the light emitting unit to different positions relative to the breast;
- a detection unit configured to detect waves extracted from a region of the breast irradiated with the light;
- a gantry accommodating the light emitting unit and the detection unit, the gantry including a front plate configured to be adjacent to the examinee;
- a breast insertion section communicating with an opening in the front plate;
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- a gripper secured to the gantry,
- wherein the gripper includes a right gripping portion and a left gripping portion.
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