Patent ID: 8270570

Claim:
An X-ray imaging apparatus which irradiates an object with X-rays and processes an X-ray image obtained by imaging the object, the apparatus comprising: a reception unit configured to receive a radiographic parameter which is input via an operation unit; a determination unit configured to determine an operation unit from a plurality of operation units, including a first operation unit and a second operation unit, via which the received radiographic parameter has been input; a setting unit configured to set an operation right to the first operation unit if it is determined that the received radiographic parameter has been input via the first operation unit, and configured to set an operation right to the second operation unit if it is determined that the received radiographic parameter has been input via the second operation unit; and a restriction unit configured to restrict performance of imaging based on a radiographic parameter input via an operation unit other than the operation unit to which the operation right has been set using said setting unit.