Patent ID: 7570787

Claim:
An X-ray inspection apparatus which inspects an article by applying X-rays thereto and processes an X-ray image created based on the detected X-rays transmitted through the article, the apparatus comprising: an image acquisition unit that detects X-rays that were applied to the article, and acquires an X-ray image of the article; and an image processing procedure adoption determination unit that processes the X-ray image acquired by the image acquisition unit through a plurality of image processing procedures, calculates a degree of adaptability of each of the image processing procedures with respect to the X-ray image, creates a plurality of next-generation image processing procedures by blending a plurality of image processing procedures selected from the plurality of image processing procedures, processes the X-ray image acquired by the image acquisition unit through the next-generation image processing procedures, calculates the degree of adaptability of each of the next-generation image processing procedures with respect to the X-ray image, and automatically selects an optimal image processing procedure to be used for inspection based on the degree of adaptability.