Patent ID: 9693741
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: A61B

Claim:
1. A mammographic apparatus comprising: a breast-table configured to support a breast of a test-subject; a pressure-pad that is translucent, and is configured to press the breast on the breast-table; an X-ray tube configured to generate X-rays towards the breast-table, the X-ray tube facing the pressure-pad across the breast-table; X-ray detectors configured to detect the X-rays going through the breast-table and the pressure-pad; a holding-arm configured to support the breast-table, the pressure-pad, and the X-ray tube; and a detector moving circuit attached to the holding-arm, and configured to move the X-ray detectors between a scanning position and a waiting position, wherein the X-ray detectors in the scanning position face the X-ray tube across the breast-table and the pressure-pad, and the X-ray detectors in the waiting position are closer to the holding-arm than are the X-ray detectors in the scanning position.