Patent ID: 9008263
Filing Date: 2015-04-14
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for imaging a breast, comprising: an X-ray emission unit that emits an X-ray of a first energy spectrum and an X-ray of a second energy spectrum from above a first region of a breast and that emits an X-ray of a third energy spectrum from above a second region of the breast different from the first region of the breast; an X-ray detection unit that generates a first image group consisting of a plurality of image frames having a first resolution by detecting X-rays of the first energy spectrum and the second energy spectrum and generates a second image group consisting of a plurality of image frames having a second resolution by detecting the X-ray of the third energy spectrum; and an image generation unit that generates image data related to the breast by combining the plurality of image frames of the first image group and the second image group, wherein each of the first energy spectrum, the second energy spectrum and the third energy spectrum is different, and wherein the first resolution is higher than the second resolution.