IP Library Granted Patent US 11,911,209
Granted Patent B2
US 11,911,209 · App. 18/057,603 · Granted Feb 27, 2024

Imaging member, control device, medical imaging system, imaging method, control method, and control program

Inventors: Takahisa Arai (Kanagawa, JP); Hiroki Nakayama (Kanagawa, JP); Yoshie Fujimoto (Kanagawa, JP); Shunsuke Kodaira (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
A61B8/0825A61B8/403A61B8/4281A61B8/4416A61B6/0414A61B6/4417A61B6/502A61B8/429
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Patent No.
US 11,911,209
App. No.
18/057,603
Granted
Feb 27, 2024
Kind
B2
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 (21)

1. A control device comprising:

a radiography control unit configured to cause irradiation of a breast with radiation and cause a radiation detector to capture a radiographic image of the breast, wherein the breast is in a state of being pressed by a pressing member of an imaging member that includes:

the pressing member, and

an ultrasonography member that has a first surface on which an acoustic matching member having fluidity is provided; and

an ultrasonography control unit configured to cause an ultrasonography apparatus to capture an ultrasound image of the breast, in a state in which the ultrasonography member is on a second surface of the pressing member that is on a side of the pressing member opposite to a surface that contacts the breast, via a coupling material having lower fluidity than the acoustic matching member provided on the first surface of the ultrasonography member.

2. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein the radiography control unit is configured to prohibit capture of the radiographic image in a case in which the ultrasonography member is on the second surface of the pressing member.

3. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein the radiography control unit is configured to warn against capture of the radiographic image in a case in which the ultrasonography member is on the second surface of the pressing member.

4. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein the radiography control unit is configured to prohibit providing the ultrasonography member on the second surface of the pressing member, before capture of the radiographic image.

5. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein the ultrasonography control unit is configured to prohibit capture of the ultrasound image in a case in which the ultrasonography member is not on the second surface of the pressing member.

6. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein the ultrasonography control unit performs control of warning against capture of the ultrasound image in a case in which the ultrasonography member is not on the second surface of the pressing member.

7. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein the ultrasonography control unit is configured to prohibit capture of the ultrasound image in a case in which the coupling material is not provided between the ultrasonography member and the second surface of the pressing member.

8. A control method executed by a computer, the control method comprising:

causing irradiation of a breast with radiation and causing a radiation detector to capture a radiographic image of the breast, wherein the breast is in a state of being pressed by a pressing member of an imaging member that includes:

the pressing member, and

an ultrasonography member that has a first surface on which an acoustic matching member having fluidity is provided; and

causing an ultrasonography apparatus to capture an ultrasound image of the breast, in a state in which the ultrasonography member is provided on a second surface of the pressing member that is on a side of the pressing member opposite to a surface that contacts the breast, via a coupling material having lower fluidity than the acoustic matching member provided on the first surface of the ultrasonography member.

9. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a control program executable by a computer to perform a process, the process comprising:

causing irradiation of a breast with radiation and causing a radiation detector to capture a radiographic image of the breast, wherein the breast is in a state of being pressed by a pressing member of an imaging member that includes:

the pressing member, and

an ultrasonography member that has a first surface on which an acoustic matching member having fluidity is provided; and

causing an ultrasonography apparatus to capture an ultrasound image of the breast, in a state in which the ultrasonography member is provided on a second surface of the pressing member that is on a side of the pressing member opposite to a surface that contacts the breast, via a coupling material having lower fluidity than the acoustic matching member provided on the first surface of the ultrasonography member.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 16, 2022
From: ARAI, TAKAHISA; NAKAYAMA, HIROKI; FUJIMOTO, YOSHIE; KODAIRA, SHUNSUKE
To: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 062118/0997 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-067290 · Mar 29, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Division 16802567 · Feb 27, 2020
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