Article inspection apparatus

An article inspection apparatus comprising:

• an article transport unit having a transport path for transporting an inspection object article at a predetermined transport speed;
• a radiation source that irradiates the inspection object article inside a predetermined section on the transport path with radiation;
• a radiation detection unit having a plurality of detection elements facing the radiation source across the transport path, causing the plurality of detection elements to sequentially detect the radiation transmitted through the inspection object article, and outputting respective detection signals;
• a detection data output unit that incorporates the respective detection signals from the radiation detection unit at a predetermined period, and that outputs detection data for generating a radiation image of the inspection object article;
• an image generation unit that generates an inspection image including a plurality of pixels having respective density values, based on the detection data output from the detection data output unit;
• specific inspection condition detection means for detecting that a specific inspection condition which deteriorates image quality of the inspection image is established;
• image data adjustment means for adjusting the detection data output from the detection data output unit to improve the image quality of the inspection image, when the specific inspection condition detection means detects that the specific inspection condition is established;
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• an inspection processing unit that performs inspection processing for inspecting a predetermined quality state of the inspection object article, based on data of the inspection image of the inspection object article which is generated by the image generation unit.