Patent ID: 7142637

Claim:
An X-ray diagnosis apparatus, comprising: an X-ray source; a first X-ray detector positioned in relation to the X-ray source, said first X-ray detector including a first plurality of detection elements which are arranged in a first direction and a second direction; a first readout unit connected to the first X-ray detector and configured to read out electric charges from a second area of the first X-ray detector before reading out electric charges from a first area of the first X-ray detector; a first signal converter connected to the readout unit and configured to convert the electric charge read out from the first area of the first X-ray detector to X-ray image data; a second X-ray detector positioned in relation to the X-ray source, said second X-ray detector including a first plurality of detection elements which are arranged in the first direction and the second direction; a second readout unit connected to the second X-ray detector and configured to read out electric charges from a second area of the second X-ray detector before reading out electric charges from a first area of the second X-ray detector; a second signal converter connected to the readout unit and configured to convert the electric charge read out from the first area of the second X-ray detector to X-ray image data; and a display unit connected to the first and second signal converters and configured to display the X-ray image data, wherein the first and second readout units are controlled to read out the electric charges from the first area of the respective first and second X-ray detectors in parallel and from outer row to inner row.