Patent ID: 7139364

Claim:
An X-ray-tomographic imaging apparatus comprising: an X-ray generation unit for applying an X-ray; a solid-image pickup unit that converts an X-ray image into an electrical signal and performs non-destructive reading of the electrical signal; a setting unit for selectively setting a plurality of directions of the X-ray generation unit and the solid-image pickup unit; a moving unit for making the X-ray generation unit and the solid-image pickup unit change directions in order to obtain a plurality of X-ray images from the plurality of different directions set by the setting unit; an accumulating control unit for making the solid-image pickup unit accumulate the electrical signal; a reading control unit for making the solid-image pickup unit perform the non-destructive reading of the electrical signal to obtain the plurality of X-ray images while the moving unit makes the X-ray generation unit and the solid-image pickup unit change the plurality of directions and the accumulating control unit accumulates the electrical signal; and a processing unit for processing unit for recognizing a tomographic image on a predetermined section in a subject based on the obtained plurality of X-ray images.