Control device, control method, and control program
A control device including: wherein the processor controls a mammography apparatus that a breast, with radiation from a radiation source to capture a radiographic image of the breast such that normal imaging which emits the radiation with first energy from an irradiation position where an irradiation angle is 0 degrees to capture a normal radiographic image and tomosynthesis imaging which emits the radiation with either the first energy or second energy higher than the first energy at each of a plurality of irradiation positions having different irradiation angles and emits the radiation with the second energy at the irradiation position where the irradiation angle is 0 degrees to capture a plurality of low-energy projection images and a plurality of high-energy projection images are performed in a state in which the breast is compressed by the compression member.
1. A control device comprising:
at least one processor,
wherein the processor controls a mammography apparatus that irradiates a breast, into which a contrast medium is injected and which is compressed by a compression member, with radiation from a radiation source to capture a radiographic image of the breast, such that normal imaging, which emits the radiation with first energy from an irradiation position where an irradiation angle is 0 degrees to capture a normal radiographic image, and tomosynthesis imaging, which emits the radiation with either the first energy or second energy higher than the first energy at each of a plurality of irradiation positions having different irradiation angles, are performed; and
wherein, during a single compression of a breast by the compression member:
the normal imaging emits the radiation with first energy from an irradiation position where an irradiation angle is 0 degrees,
the tomosynthesis imaging emits the radiation with the second energy at an irradiation position where the irradiation angle is 0 degrees,
the tomosynthesis imaging emits the radiation with either the first energy or second energy at each of a plurality of irradiation positions excluding the irradiation position where the irradiation angle is 0 degrees, to capture a plurality of low-energy projection images based on the radiation with the first energy and a plurality of high-energy projection images based on the radiation with the second energy are performed, and
a low energy projection image by the normal imaging and a high energy projection image by the tomosynthesis imaging are captured at the irradiation position where the irradiation angle is 0 degrees, in a state in which the breast is compressed by the compression member.
2. The control device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the processor acquires the normal radiographic image, the plurality of low-energy projection images, and the plurality of high-energy projection images, generates a difference image indicating a difference between the high-energy projection image in a case in which the irradiation angle is 0 degrees among the plurality of high-energy projection images and the normal radiographic image, and generates tomographic difference images indicating differences between high-energy tomographic images generated by reconstructing the plurality of high-energy projection images and low-energy tomographic images generated by reconstructing the plurality of low-energy projection images.
3. The control device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the processor acquires the normal radiographic image, the plurality of low-energy projection images, and the plurality of high-energy projection images, generates a difference image indicating a difference between the high-energy projection image in a case in which the irradiation angle is 0 degrees among the plurality of high-energy projection images and the normal radiographic image, and generates tomographic difference images indicating differences between high-energy tomographic images generated by reconstructing the plurality of high-energy projection images and low-energy tomographic images generated by reconstructing the normal radiographic image and the plurality of low-energy projection images.
4. The control device according to claim 1 ,
wherein a sum of the number of times the low-energy projection image is captured and the number of times the high-energy projection image is captured is an odd number.
5. The control device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the number of times the low-energy projection image is captured is equal to the number of times the high-energy projection image is captured.
6. The control device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the processor performs control such that a dose of the radiation emitted from the irradiation position where the irradiation angle is 0 degrees in the tomosynthesis imaging is higher than a dose of the radiation emitted from the irradiation positions having other irradiation angles.
7. The control device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the processor performs control such that the normal imaging is performed before the tomosynthesis imaging.
8. The control device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the irradiation position where the irradiation angle is 0 degrees is an irradiation position along a normal direction to an imaging table on which the breast is positioned.
9. The control device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the mammography apparatus comprises a grid in which a transmission portion that transmits the radiation and an absorption portion that absorbs the radiation are alternately arranged in a direction intersecting a movement direction in which the radiation source emitting the radiation is moved in the tomosynthesis imaging.
10. A control method comprising:
controlling a mammography apparatus that irradiates a breast, into which a contrast medium is injected and which is compressed by a compression member, with radiation from a radiation source to capture a radiographic image of the breast such that normal imaging, which emits the radiation with first energy from an irradiation position where an irradiation angle is 0 degrees to capture a normal radiographic image, and tomosynthesis imaging, which emits the radiation with either the first energy or second energy higher than the first energy at each of a plurality of irradiation positions having different irradiation angles, are performed,
wherein, during a single compression of a breast by the compression member:
the normal imaging emits the radiation with first energy from an irradiation position where an irradiation angle is 0 degrees,
the tomosynthesis imaging emits the radiation with the second energy at the irradiation position where the irradiation angle is 0 degrees,
the tomosynthesis imaging emits the radiation with either the first energy or second energy at each of a plurality of irradiation positions excluding the irradiation position where the irradiation angle is 0 degrees, to capture a plurality of low-energy projection images based on the radiation with the first energy and a plurality of high-energy projection images based on the radiation with the second energy are performed, and
a low energy projection image by the normal imaging and a high energy projection image by the tomosynthesis imaging are captured at the irradiation position where the irradiation angle is 0 degrees, in a state in which the breast is compressed by the compression member.
11. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a control program that causes a computer to perform a process of:
controlling a mammography apparatus that irradiates a breast, into which a contrast medium is injected and which is compressed by a compression member, with radiation from a radiation source to capture a radiographic image of the breast such that normal imaging, which emits the radiation with first energy from an irradiation position where an irradiation angle is 0 degrees to capture a normal radiographic image, and tomosynthesis imaging, which emits the radiation with either the first energy or second energy higher than the first energy at each of a plurality of irradiation positions having different irradiation angles, are performed,
wherein, during a single compression of a breast by the compression member:
the normal imaging emits the radiation with first energy from an irradiation position where an irradiation angle is 0 degrees,
the tomosynthesis imaging emits the radiation with the second energy at the irradiation position where the irradiation angle is 0 degrees,
the tomosynthesis imaging emits the radiation with either the first energy or second energy at each of a plurality of irradiation positions excluding the irradiation position where the irradiation angle is 0 degrees, to capture a plurality of low-energy projection images based on the radiation with the first energy and a plurality of high-energy projection images based on the radiation with the second energy are performed, and
a low energy projection image by the normal imaging and a high energy projection image by the tomosynthesis imaging are captured at the irradiation position where the irradiation angle is 0 degrees, in a state in which the breast is compressed by the compression member.