Patent ID: 9226724
Filing Date: 2016-01-05
CPC Classification: A61B

Claim Text:
1. A radiographic imaging apparatus comprising: a radiation exposure unit for applying radiation emitted from a radiation source to a subject from different imaging directions; a radiographic image detector for detecting a radiographic image for each imaging direction generated by the application of radiation by the radiation exposure unit; and an imaging control unit for exerting control such that a series of operations of an imaging sequence including the application of radiation from each imaging direction are continuously performed when an imaging switch is continuously in ON state, wherein if the imaging switch is turned into OFF state only for a given period and the given period is not more than a predetermined threshold value, the imaging control unit continuously performs part of the operations of the imaging sequence, wherein the subject is a breast and the apparatus comprises a compression paddle for compressing the breast, and if the period of the OFF state is not more than the threshold value, the imaging control unit continues compression by the compression paddle as the part of the operations of the imaging sequence, or if the period of the OFF state is longer than the threshold value, the imaging control unit releases the compression by the compression paddle.