Patent ID: 6859513

Claim:
A radiographic apparatus which performs radiography using examination request information received from an external apparatus, wherein the examination request information includes at least information on a portion to be radiographed of a human body, a parameter set and priority information for a parameter, comprising: an X-ray generation unit which generates X-rays; a storage unit adapted to store default radiographing parameter sets for a plurality of portions to be radiographed of a human body; a condition determination unit adapted to determine a radiation condition of said X-ray generation unit on the basis of the parameter set in the received examination request information and one of the default radiographing parameter sets, stored in said storage unit, corresponding to the portion to be radiographed; and a control unit adapted to control said X-ray generation unit on the basis of the determined radiation condition, wherein if a value of a parameter in the parameter set in the received examination request information is different from a value of a corresponding parameter in the default radiographing parameter set, said condition determination unit selects a value of the parameter on the basis of the priority information.