摘要 |
An X-ray computer tomography apparatus (1, 2) which performs prep scanning prior to main scanning to acquire information for use in reconstruction of a tomographic image for diagnosis, the main scanning including rotary scanning around a rotation axis, and axial scanning along the rotation axis, the X-ray computer tomography apparatus (1, 2) includes: determination unit (21) which determines a speed based on a change of a characteristic amount concerning information obtained by the prep scanning; and a unit which controls, to the determined speed, a speed of the axial scanning in a period from the start to the completion of the main scanning. |