Systems and methods to configure radiography systems

A radiography system, comprising:

• a user interface;
• a radiation detector;
• a radiation emitter configured to emit radiation toward the radiation detector;
• an object positioner configured to position an object-under-inspection between the radiation detector and the radiation emitter;
• and
• a computing device comprising processing circuitry configured to:
• analyze a reference image captured using a first value of a first power parameter for the radiation emitter to determine a value of a focal spot size for the radiation emitter;
• based on a determined relationship between the first value of the first power parameter and the value of the focal spot size, output, via the user interface, an indication of whether a selected value of the first power parameter results in a value of an unsharpness parameter satisfying a threshold unsharpness value;
• and
• control the radiation emitter using the selected power parameter to perform a radiography process to obtain one or more radiographic images that satisfy the threshold unsharpness value.