Patent ID: 8848865
Filing Date: 2014-09-30
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A radiographic image capturing apparatus comprising: a radiation source for applying radiation to a target object to be examined; a radiation detector for detecting radiation that has passed through the target object and for converting the detected radiation into a radiographic image; a holding member for holding the target object; a compression member, configured for displacement toward the holding member for compressing the target object held by the holding member; and a tilted direction determiner for determining a tilted direction in which the compression member is tilted with respect to the holding member based on a piercing direction of a sampling needle with respect to the target object when the sampling needle pierces a side region of the target object, which is compressed, along the piercing direction to remove a sample tissue from a test region in the target object, wherein the target object is compressed while the compression member is tilted with respect to the holding member along lateral directions of the target object as viewed in front elevation.