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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide mammography equipment enabling increasing of the ratios of the number of light irradiation positions and the number of light detection positions, over the number of optical fibers. SOLUTION: A mammography equipment 1 is used to irradiate a breast of a tested person with light and detect diffused light to acquire the internal information of the breast. The mammography equipment 1 includes a container 3 surrounding a sagging breast, a plurality of optical fibers 11 fixed to the container 3 and extending toward the inside of the container 3 for irradiation and detection of the light, and a rotation mechanism 21 for rotating the container 3 around a predetermined axis C in the sagging direction of the breast. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
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