PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To perform a scattered radiation correction with high accuracy, even if a ratio of scattering is greatly different in breasts, in a mammography apparatus.SOLUTION: The mammography apparatus 1 has: a breast thickness acquisition unit 51 for acquiring the thickness of pressed breast a photographing control unit 52 for controlling a photographing stand device 11 to perform photographing by applying an X-ray to the breast an original image generation unit 53 for generating an original image of the breast based on detected data a scattering ratio image-generating unit 56 for sequentially generating multiple scattering ratio images, which are different between scattered radiation corrections at multiple times, based on the breast thickness and the original image and a scattered radiation correction image-generating unit 57 for generating multiple scattered radiation correction images based on the multiple scattering ratio images.COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT【課題】乳房X線撮影装置において、散乱割合が乳房内で大きく異なる場合であっても、正確で精度のよい散乱線補正を行なうこと。【解決手段】乳房X線撮影装置1は、圧迫された乳房の乳房厚を取得する乳房厚取得部51と、乳房にX線を照射させて撮影を行なうように撮影台装置11を制御する撮影制御部52と、検出されたデータに基づいて、乳房の原画像を生成する原画像生成部53と、乳房厚と原画像とに基づいて、複数回の散乱線補正間で異なる複数の散乱割合画像を順次生成する散乱割合画像生成部56と、複数の散乱割合画像に基づいて、複数の散乱線補正画像をそれぞれ生成する散乱線補正画像生成部57と、を有する。【選択図】 図5
