MAMMOGRAPHY APPARATUS, CONTROL DEVICE, AND PROGRAM

20250064434

18/808025

August 18, 2024

A control device of a mammography apparatus is provided. The mammography apparatus includes a biopsy device, an imaging table, and an arm in which a radiation irradiator and a projector are provided on one end portion side and a relative angle between the radiation irradiator and an imaging surface of the imaging table is changeable. The radiation irradiator emits radiation for imaging of a radiation image toward the imaging surface of the imaging table. The control device includes at least one processor that is configured to control the arm such that the relative angle is a predetermined tilt angle in a case where biopsy using a longitudinal puncture is performed by the biopsy device.

FUJIFILM CORPORATION (Tokyo, JP)

1. A control device of a mammography apparatus including a biopsy device, an imaging table, and an arm in which a radiation irradiator and a projector are provided on one end portion side and a relative angle between the radiation irradiator and an imaging surface of the imaging table is changeable, the radiation irradiator emitting radiation for imaging of a radiation image toward the imaging surface of the imaging table, the control device comprising: at least one processor that is configured to control the arm such that the relative angle is a predetermined tilt angle in a case where biopsy using a longitudinal puncture is performed by the biopsy device.

2. The control device according to claim 1, wherein, in a case of performing tilt imaging other than imaging in which the imaging table, the radiation irradiator, and the biopsy device are arranged in a straight line, the predetermined tilt angle is an angle according to the tilt imaging.

3. The control device according to claim 2, wherein the tilt imaging is imaging of at least one of stereo imaging or tomosynthesis imaging.

4. The control device according to claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is configured to control the arm such that the relative angle is the predetermined tilt angle and the arm is tilted toward a side away from a position of an operator who performs imaging of the radiation image.

5. The control device according to claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is configured to control the arm such that the relative angle is the predetermined tilt angle and the arm is tilted toward a side opposite to a right-left direction of a breast for which the biopsy is to be performed.

6. The control device according to claim 1, wherein, the at least one processor is configured to: control the arm such that the relative angle is the predetermined tilt angle and the arm is tilted toward a side away from a position of an operator who performs imaging of the radiation image; control the arm such that the relative angle is the predetermined tilt angle and the arm is tilted toward a side opposite to a right-left direction of a breast for which the biopsy is to be performed; and in a case in which the side away from the position of the operator and the side opposite to the right-left direction of the breast are different from each other, control the arm such that the arm is tilted toward the side away from the position of the operator.

7. The control device according to claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is configured to adjust the relative angle according to a drive position of the biopsy device.

8. The control device according to claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is configured to adjust a projection position of a projection image by the projector according to a drive position of the biopsy device.

9. The control device according to claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is configured to adjust the relative angle according to a position of a compression plate provided on the imaging surface side of the imaging table.

10. The control device according to claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is configured to correct a distortion of a projection image that is caused by the projector and occurs in a case where the relative angle is set to the tilt angle.

11. The control device according to claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is configured to control the arm such that the relative angle is a preset tilt angle regardless of an imaging condition in a case where biopsy using a longitudinal puncture is performed by the biopsy device.

12. The control device according to claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is configured to control the arm such that the relative angle is a predetermined angle in a case where the biopsy device interferes with a projection region by the projector, the predetermined angle being an angle at which a light shielding region by the biopsy device that is included in a projection image by the projector has an area equal to or smaller than a predetermined area.

13. A system comprising: the control device according to claim 1; and a mammography apparatus.

14. A non-transitory storage medium storing a program causing a computer to perform control processing of a mammography apparatus, the mammography apparatus including a biopsy device, an imaging table, and an arm in which a radiation irradiator and a projector are provided on one end portion side and a relative angle between the radiation irradiator and an imaging surface of the imaging table is changeable, the radiation irradiator emitting radiation for imaging of a radiation image toward the imaging surface of the imaging table, the control processing comprising: controlling the arm such that the relative angle is a predetermined tilt angle in a case where biopsy using a longitudinal puncture is performed by the biopsy device.

15. The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 14, wherein the control processing comprising: controlling the arm such that the relative angle is a predetermined angle in a case where the biopsy device interferes with a projection region by the projector, the predetermined angle being an angle at which a light shielding region by the biopsy device that is included in a projection image by the projector has an area equal to or smaller than a predetermined area.

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