Patent ID: 8744044

Claim:
An X-ray imaging apparatus comprising: a detection unit which detects X-rays; and a housing which contains said detection unit, wherein said housing includes: a first housing having a portion extending along a first direction and a portion extending along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, which surround an X-ray transmission member which transmits the X-rays, and first side walls provided along a third direction perpendicular to the first and second directions; a second housing which has second side walls provided along the third direction and arranged opposite to said first housing so that said detection unit is sandwiched between said first housing and said second housing; and a plurality of connecting members which connect said first housing to said second housing, wherein said plurality of connecting members fix relative position between said first housing and said second housing in the third direction, and said plurality of connecting members connect said first side walls to said second side walls so as to allow relative movement in at least one direction of the first direction and the second direction.