PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To preliminarily measure a spatial range within which a biopsy needle is capable of sampling tissue of a biopsy region.SOLUTION: A biopsy apparatus (10) includes the biopsy needle (62) for insertion into an object (22) to be examined in order to sample the tissue of the biopsy region in the object (22), and a spatial range measuring section (94), which measures the spatial range within which the biopsy needle (62) is capable of sampling the tissue of the biopsy region, based on an image of a phantom that simulates the object (22), which is captured after the biopsy needle (62) has been inserted into the phantom and a portion of the phantom has been extracted.COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT【課題】生検針が生検部位の組織を採取可能な空間範囲を予め測定する。【解決手段】バイオプシ装置(10)は、検査対象物(22)に穿刺して該検査対象物(22)中の生検部位の組織を採取可能な生検針(62)と、検査対象物(22)を模擬したファントムに生検針(62)を穿刺して該ファントムの一部を採取した後に撮影されたファントムの画像に基づいて、生検針(62)が生検部位の組織を採取可能な空間範囲を測定する空間範囲測定部(94)とを有する。【選択図】図4
