X-RAY IMAGING APPARATUS

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent useless X-ray exposure caused by the communication delay according to a connection method while shortening the time to terminate the image accumulation period in an imaging part. SOLUTION: The connection state is detected in a step S1, and whether the connection is with an exclusive line or not is determined in a step S2. If it is determined that the connection is with the exclusive line, the process proceeds to a step S3. If it is determined that the connection is not with the exclusive line, the process proceeds to a step S4. After the image accumulation time is computed in the step S4, the process proceeds to a step S5, and after changing the driving timing, the process proceeds to the step S3 to start the radiography. When the radiography is terminated, the process proceeds to a step S6 to terminate the radiography. In a step S7, whether the timing of driving has been changed or not is determined for the captured image. If there is no change, the process proceeds to a step S8 for the pretreatment, and after the image is processed in a step S9, the process proceeds to a step S10 to output the processed image. If there is change in the step S7, the process proceeds to a step S11 for the pretreatment corresponding to the image accumulation time, and the image is processed in a step S12 and the process proceeds to the step S10. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT