Radiographic image capturing apparatus and radiographic image capturing system

A radiographic image capturing system comprising:

• a radiographic image capturing apparatus including:
• a plurality of scanning lines;
• a plurality of signal lines;
• a two-dimensional array of a plurality of radiation detecting elements, the array defining a detecting part;
• a control unit that performs control to read image data from all the radiation detecting elements in a reading area of the detecting part by repeating a cycle of a readout process for reading image data at an interval of a number N of the scanning lines from one end side to the other end side of the reading area, wherein each of the scanning lines subjected to the readout process is shifted every cycle, where N is an integral number of at least 1;
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• a communication unit for external communication;
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• a console that generates a preview image based on preview image data transferred from the radiographic image capturing apparatus and displays the preview image, wherein
• the control unit of the radiographic image capturing apparatus is configured to detect a start of radiation emission from a radiation irradiating apparatus, and transfers the image data to the console substantially concurrently with the readout process for the image data, and
• if the image data is read by firstly applying an ON voltage to any of the first to N+1th scanning lines from the one end side of the reading area in a certain cycle of the readout process at the radiographic image capturing apparatus, the console defines the image data read in the certain cycle as the preview image data among the pieces of image data read in respective cycles, and generates and displays the preview image based on the preview image data;
• wherein if an ON voltage is firstly applied to any of the first to N+1th scanning lines from the one end side of the reading area in the readout process for the image data, the control unit transfers the image data read in the first cycle as the preview image data, and
• if an ON voltage is firstly applied to any scanning line other than the first to N+1th scanning lines from the one end side of the reading area in the readout process for the image data, the control unit transfers the image data read in the second cycle of the readout process as the preview image data.