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(11) EP 2 586 375 A8

(12) CORRECTED EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION
Note: Bibliography reflects the latest situation

(15) Correction information:
Corrected version no 1 (W1 A1)

(48) Corrigendum issued on:
19.06.2013 Bulletin 2013/25

(43) Date of publication:
01.05.2013 Bulletin 2013/18

(21) Application number: 12184071.4

(22) Date of filing: 12.09.2012
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
A61B 6/10(2006.01)
A61B 6/03(2006.01)
 A61B 6/04(2006.01)
G01T 1/164(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated Extension States:
BA ME

(30) Priority: 26.10.2011 JP 2011235026

(71) Applicant: Shimadzu Corporation
Kyoto 604-8511 (JP)

(72) Inventor:
  • Tonami, Hiromichi
    Kyoto-shi, Kyoto 604-8511 (JP)

(74) Representative: Kilian Kilian & Partner 
Aidenbachstraße 54
81379 München
81379 München (DE)

   


(54) Radiographic apparatus for breast examination


(57) A radiographic apparatus for breast examination is provided, the apparatus including a shielding plate that reliably shields radiation derived from the trunk and is not obstructive upon inserting a breast into a detector ring. The shield plate has a thickness that varies depending on portions thereof. That is, the shield plate has a thick portion that is thick in a central axis direction of the detector ring, and a thin portion that is thin in the central axis direction. Such thick portion of the shield plate can absorb radiation reliably that is emitted a lot from a heart of a subject. Moreover, in the thin portion, a distance between the subject and the detector ring can be closer. Therefore, the apparatus can obtain a clear tomographic image containing an entire image of the breast.