Patent ID: 7699523

Claim:
A radiation image photographing system comprising: a radiation image photographing apparatus capable of generating a phase contrast image of a finger of an examinee and a chair for the examinee to be seated, the apparatus comprising: a radiation source for irradiating x-ray radiation to the finger of the examinee sitting on the chair, which is a subject; a detector holding device for holding a radiation image detector which detects the x-ray radiation which has been emitted from the radiation source and transmitted through the subject; and a subject table for holding the subject, the subject table being located between the radiation source and the detector holding device, wherein the subject table comprises: a hand-holding member for holding the finger within a range to be radiographed; and an arm-holding member which is configured to be capable of placing an arm below an elbow of the examinee thereon in order to fix the finger by resting an arm portion next to the finger thereon, and wherein at least the arm-holding member protrudes toward a side of the examinee sitting on the chair, beyond an edge of the detector holding device so that an arm portion next to the finger can rest on the subject table and the finger can be placed stably on the subject table white stabilizing the posture of the examinee by the chair and stabilizing a position of the finer by the subject table.