With regard to a radiation therapy planning device, the radiation planning fluoroscopic
image shown on the screen of an image display monitor 6 is a large field
fluoroscopic image P in which an in-progress fluoroscopic image PA is joined with
a previously acquired fluoroscopic image PB. In addition, a large field fluoroscopic
image P is acquired using an X-ray detector which does not produce any image distortions.
As a result, the field of view for radiation planning fluoroscopic image is expanded
by the amount of the previously acquired fluoroscopic image PB that is combined
with the in-progress fluoroscopic image PA. In addition, with boundary line PL
which is overlaid on the radiation planning fluoroscopic image, the boundary between
fluoroscopic images PA and PB can be identified at a glance. As a result, even
if in-progress fluoroscopic image PA and previously acquired fluoroscopic image
PB is displayed simultaneously and contiguous to each other on the screen of the
image display monitor 6, previously acquired fluoroscopic image PB does
not interfere in the observation of the radiation planning fluoroscopic image.
As a result, the field of view of the radiation planning fluoroscopic image in
enlarged appropriately.