A nuclear medicine diagnostic apparatus according to an embodiment includes a positron emission tomography (PET) detector, a scatterer, and processing circuitry. The scatterer is provided inside the PET detector. The processing circuitry detects a gamma ray scattered by the scatterer with the PET detector to identify a single event.

Interstitial brachytherapy is a cancer treatment in which radioactive material is placed closely to the target tissue of the affected site using an afterloader (HDR-brachytherapy) or manually (LDR- and PDR-brachytherapy). For HDR-brachytherapy, the accuracy of this placement is calibrated using an external reference system that locates the radioactive material according to the radiation levels measured at locations around the source. At each of these locations, a scintillator produces light when irradiated by the radioactive material. This light is proportional to the level of radiation at each location. The light produced by each scintillator is converted to an electrical signal that is proportional to the light and the radiation level at each location. The radioactive material is located according to the plurality of electrical signals.

A medical image diagnostic apparatus of an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry executes a scan based on a protocol designated by a user. The processing circuitry extracts a candidate protocol to be executed next to the protocol, based on protocol order information in which identification information that indicates each of a plurality of candidate protocols that can be executed starting from a specific protocol, and order information in which each candidate protocol is executed, are correlated with each other. The processing circuitry outputs the extracted candidate protocol.

A medical imaging device includes an x-ray source disposed at a first end of an arm, and an x-ray detector disposed at a second end of the arm opposite of the x-ray source. At least one of the x-ray source, the x-ray detector, and a portion of the arm are selectively adjustable with respect to the arm.

An acquisition unit of a console acquires a first radiographic image and a second radiographic image. The first radiographic image and the second radiographic image are radiographic images which are output from a radiation detector by directing a radiation source to emit first radiation and second radiation in order to perform a moving image capture mode that continuously acquires a radiographic image required for the display of a moving image according to a preset frame interval. A receiving unit receives a request signal to request the generation of an energy subtraction image referred to for diagnosis. A generation unit generates the energy subtraction image in a case in which the receiving unit receives the request signal.

A system for equalizing a pressure in an ionization chamber of a radiation device is provided. The system may include the ionization chamber including: a chamber housing including one or more chamber walls; a chamber volume inside the chamber housing, the chamber volume being filled with a radiation sensitive material; and a pressure adjustment apparatus operably coupled to the chamber volume via at least one wall of the one or more chamber walls, the pressure adjustment apparatus being configured to equalize a first pressure of the radiation sensitive material inside the chamber volume and a second pressure of ambient air outside the chamber housing.

A medical imaging device includes an x-ray source disposed at a first end of an arm, and an x-ray detector disposed at a second end of the arm opposite of the x-ray source. At least one of the x-ray source, the x-ray detector, and a portion of the arm are selectively adjustable with respect to the arm.

The present invention relates to a mammography apparatus and a mammography method. The present invention provides a mammography apparatus and a mammography method including: a preliminary imaging step of performing imaging on a breast by emitting radiation in accordance with a first imaging condition; a second imaging condition determination step of determining a second imaging condition in accordance with a first image acquired in the preliminary imaging step; and a main imaging step of performing imaging on the breast by emitting the radiation on the basis of the second imaging condition, in which a uncompressed region in which the breast is not compressed is excluded when determining the second imaging condition.

A digital dental x-ray sensor device includes a rounded, three-dimensional housing that lacks corners, edges, or other relatively sharp features that are known to cause discomfort when used in a patient's mouth. The rounded housing can be spherical, ellipsoid, or any similar regular or irregular rounded shape, and can be formed by ensuring that all curves of the surface of the rounded housing have a minimum radius that is sufficient to prevent features that can dig into the soft tissue of the inside of a patient's mouth.

Disclosed is a mammography device capable of recognizing a target person, the mammography device including: a body unit; an arm frame connected to the body unit, and rotating in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction; an X-ray generator placed at a top of the arm frame, and emitting X-rays; a mammography plate provided at a position corresponding to the X-ray generator, and obtaining an X-ray image of a breast of a target person; a compression unit placed between the X-ray generator and the mammography plate, and moving vertically to compress a target part; a sensor unit placed inside the mammography plate, and detecting whether the target person is present; and a control unit controlling an operation of the arm frame on the basis of whether the target person is detected by the sensor unit. Accordingly, a safety accident that may occur in a mammography process using the mammography device is reduced.