IP Library Patent Application 16802567
Patent Application
App. No. 16/802,567

IMAGING MEMBER, CONTROL DEVICE, MEDICAL IMAGING SYSTEM, IMAGING METHOD, CONTROL METHOD, AND CONTROL PROGRAM

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16/802,567
Abstract

An imaging member including: a pressing member that presses a breast of a subject; and an ultrasonography member that has a first surface on which an acoustic matching member having fluidity is provided, and is provided such that a second surface on a side opposite to the first surface is provided on a surface of the pressing member, which is on a side opposite to a surface that comes into contact with the breast, via a coupling material having lower fluidity than the acoustic matching member.

Claims (35)

1 . An imaging member comprising:

a pressing member that presses a breast of a subject; and

an ultrasonography member that has a first surface on which an acoustic matching member having fluidity is provided, and is provided such that a second surface on a side opposite to the first surface is provided on a surface of the pressing member, which is on a side opposite to a surface that comes into contact with the breast, via a coupling material having lower fluidity than the acoustic matching member.

2 . The imaging member according to claim 1 , wherein a size of the second surface of the ultrasonography member is smaller than a size of the surface of the pressing member which is on the side opposite to the surface that comes into contact with the breast.

3 . The imaging member according to claim 1 , wherein in the ultrasonography member, a projection extending in a side opposite to the second surface is provided on a side corresponding to a chest wall side of the subject and a pair of facing sides intersecting the side corresponding to the chest wall side, of the first surface.

4 . The imaging member according to claim 1 , wherein the ultrasonography member is fixed to the pressing member.

5 . The imaging member according to claim 1 , further comprising a fixture that fixes the pressing member and the ultrasonography member.

6 . The imaging member according to claim 1 , wherein each of the pressing member and the ultrasonography member is provided with a mark for positioning of the pressing member and the ultrasonography member.

7 . A control device comprising:

a radiography control unit that performs control of irradiating a breast which is in a pressed state by the pressing member of the imaging member according to claim 1 with radiation and causing a radiation detector to capture a radiographic image of the breast; and

an ultrasonography control unit that performs control of causing an ultrasonography apparatus to capture an ultrasound image of the breast in a state where the ultrasonography member is provided on the surface of the pressing member which is on the side opposite to the surface that comes into contact with the breast, via the coupling material having lower fluidity than the acoustic matching member and the acoustic matching member is provided on the first surface of the ultrasonography member.

8 . The control device according to claim 7 , wherein the radiography control unit performs control of prohibiting capture of the radiographic image in a case where the ultrasonography member is provided on the surface of the pressing member which is on the side opposite to the surface that comes into contact with the breast.

9 . The control device according to claim 7 , wherein the radiography control unit performs control of warning against capture of the radiographic image in a case where the ultrasonography member is provided on the surface of the pressing member which is on the side opposite to the surface that comes into contact with the breast.

10 . The control device according to claim 7 , wherein the radiography control unit performs control of prohibiting that the ultrasonography member is provided on the surface of the pressing member which is on the side opposite to the surface that comes into contact with the breast, before capture of the radiographic image.

11 . The control device according to claim 7 , wherein the ultrasonography control unit performs control of prohibiting capture of the ultrasound image in a case where the ultrasonography member is not provided on the surface of the pressing member which is on the side opposite to the surface that comes into contact with the breast.

12 . The control device according to claim 7 , wherein the ultrasonography control unit performs control of warning against capture of the ultrasound image in a case where the ultrasonography member is not provided on the surface of the pressing member which is on the side opposite to the surface that comes into contact with the breast.

13 . The control device according to claim 7 , wherein the ultrasonography control unit performs control of prohibiting capture of the ultrasound image in a case where the coupling material is not provided between the ultrasonography member and the surface of the pressing member which is on the side opposite to the surface that comes into contact with the breast.

14 . A medical imaging system comprising:

a mammography apparatus that causes a radiation detector to capture a radiographic image of a breast which is in a pressed state by the pressing member of the imaging member according to claim 1 ;

an ultrasonography apparatus that captures an ultrasound image of the breast being in the pressed state by the pressing member and the ultrasonography member of the imaging member; and

the control device according to claim 7 , which controls capture of the radiographic image by the mammography apparatus and capture of the ultrasound image by the ultrasonography apparatus.

15 . A medical imaging system comprising:

a medical imaging apparatus that causes a radiation detector to capture a radiographic image of a breast which is in a pressed state by the pressing member of the imaging member according to claim 1 , and causes an ultrasonography apparatus to capture an ultrasound image of the breast being in the pressed state by the pressing member and the ultrasonography member of the imaging member; and

the control device according to claim 7 , which controls capture of the radiographic image by the medical imaging apparatus and capture of the ultrasound image by the ultrasonography apparatus.

16 . An imaging method using the pressing member of the imaging member according to claim 1 , the imaging method comprising:

a step of causing a breast to be in a pressed state by the pressing member;

a step of irradiating the breast in the pressed state with radiation and causing a radiation detector to capture a radiographic image;

a step of providing the ultrasonography member on the surface of the pressing member which is on the side opposite to the surface that comes into contact with the breast, via the coupling material having lower fluidity than the acoustic matching member; and

a step of causing an ultrasonography apparatus to capture an ultrasound image after providing the acoustic matching member on the ultrasonography member.

17 . A control method for a computer to execute a process comprising:

performing control of irradiating a breast which is in a pressed state by the pressing member of the imaging member according to claim 1 with radiation and causing a radiation detector to capture a radiographic image of the breast; and

performing control of causing an ultrasonography apparatus to capture an ultrasound image of the breast in a state where the ultrasonography member is provided on the surface of the pressing member which is on the side opposite to the surface that comes into contact with the breast, via the coupling material having lower fluidity than the acoustic matching member and the acoustic matching member is provided on the first surface of the ultrasonography member.

18 . A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a control program causing a computer to execute a process comprising:

performing control of irradiating a breast which is in a pressed state by the pressing member of the imaging member according to claim 1 with radiation and causing a radiation detector to capture a radiographic image of the breast; and

performing control of causing an ultrasonography apparatus to capture an ultrasound image of the breast in a state where the ultrasonography member is provided on the surface of the pressing member which is on the side opposite to the surface that comes into contact with the breast, via the coupling material having lower fluidity than the acoustic matching member and the acoustic matching member is provided on the first surface of the ultrasonography member.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 5, 2020
From: ARAI, TAKAHISA; NAKAYAMA, HIROKI; FUJIMOTO, YOSHIE; KODAIRA, SHUNSUKE
To: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 052024/0696 →