X-ray tube adjustment apparatus, x-ray tube adjustment system, and x-ray tube adjustment method

An X-ray tube adjusting system which remotely adjusts an X-ray tube, comprising:

• an X-ray inspection apparatus having an X-ray tube and an imaging device;
• and
• an X-ray tube adjusting apparatus having
• storage means which stores, beforehand, an initial image of a subject to be imaged engraved with a given pattern, said initial image having been imaged by said X-ray inspection apparatus with a focal diameter of an electron beam at a target of said X-ray tube adjusted so as to be a predetermined value,
• acquisition means which acquires a test image of said subject to be imaged that is imaged at a time said X-ray inspection apparatus adjusts the focal diameter via a telecommunications line, and
• presentation means which presents said initial image stored in said storage means and said test image acquired by said acquisition means in a comparable manner,
• and characterized in that said X-ray inspection apparatus and said X-ray tube adjusting apparatus are connected together via a telecommunications line.

An X-ray tube adjusting method for remotely adjusting an X-ray tube,

• wherein an initial image of a subject to be imaged engraved with a given pattern is stored in storage means beforehand, said initial image having been imaged by an X-ray inspection apparatus having said X-ray tube with a focal diameter of an electron beam at a target of said X-ray tube adjusted so as to be a predetermined value and an imaging device, and comprising:
• an acquisition step at which acquisition means acquires a test image of said subject to be imaged that is imaged at a time said X-ray inspection apparatus adjusts the focal diameter;
• and
• a presentation step at which presentation means presents said initial image stored in said storage means and said test image acquired by said acquisition means in a comparable manner.

An X-ray tube adjusting method,

• wherein an initial image of a subject to be imaged engraved with a given pattern is stored in storage means beforehand in association with identification information of said X-ray tube, said initial image having been imaged by an X-ray inspection apparatus having said X-ray tube with a focal diameter of an electron beam at a target of said X-ray tube adjusted so as to be a predetermined value and an imaging device, and comprising:
• an imaging step at which said X-ray inspection apparatus images a test image of said subject to be imaged at a time parts of said X-ray tube are replaced;
• and
• a presentation step at which the initial image associated with the identification information of said X-ray tube is acquired from said storage means and presented in such a manner as to be comparable with said test image.