An object of the present invention is to acquire transmitted X-ray data by irradiating
X-rays of appropriate doses determined for the portions of a section containing
the major axis and the portions thereof containing the minor axis respectively.
An X-ray irradiating/detecting device consists mainly of an X-ray irradiator that
includes an X-ray tube and irradiates a fan-shaped X-ray beam, and an X-ray detector
that has a plurality of X-ray detecting elements arrayed in a direction in which
the fan-shaped X-ray beam spreads and that is opposed to the X-ray irradiator with
an object of imaging between them. The X-ray irradiating/detecting device is rotated
about the object in order to acquire transmission X-ray data stemming from a plurality
of views. At this time, the dose of the X-ray beam is differentiated between predetermined
angular ranges of a section of the object shaped like an oval, which extend with
the minor axis of the oval section as a centerline, and the other angular ranges.