A radiographic inspection method of irradiating a circuit forming device
with X-rays to inspect the inside of the device. The method includes an
X-ray irradiation step of irradiating the circuit forming device with
X-rays, an X-ray detection step of detecting X-rays having penetrated the
circuit forming device which is rotated every predetermined degrees of
angle about an axis intersecting the irradiation direction of X-rays at
right angles, a tomogram creating step of creating a plurality of
tomograms based on data on penetrated X-rays detected in the X-ray
detection step, a projected image creating step of creating projected
images in three axial directions intersecting at right angles based on
the plurality of tomograms created in the tomogram creating step, and a
defect detecting step of detecting a defect such as a crack of the
circuit forming device based on the projected images created in the
projected image creating step.