Patent ID: 7876876
Filing Date: 2011-01-25
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A mammography apparatus, comprising: an x-ray radiation detector for detecting an x-ray radiation image of a subject and generating an electrical signal corresponding to the x-ray radiation image, and a housing for housing the x-ray radiation detector, a base for supporting the housing, the base having a horizontal shaft, and the housing being rotatable with respect to the base about the horizontal shaft, wherein the housing includes a wall inclined with respect to a detection surface of the x-ray radiation detector, wherein the wall includes an inner wall surface defining a space inclined with respect to the detection surface, wherein the wall includes a contact surface that is positioned between a breast of the subject and the x-ray radiation detector so as to contact the breast, wherein the inner wall surface is inclined upwardly in a direction away from a front end of the housing that abuts against a chest wall of the subject, and wherein the housing comprises a circumference that includes part of the wall, and wherein an upper side of the circumference is inclined upwardly in a direction away from a front end of the housing irrespective of a rotational orientation of the housing, and the front end abuts against a chest wall of the subject.