The apparatus has an X-ray detector (110) for detecting X-rays, and a detector control unit for driving and controlling the X-ray detector. A notification unit notifies a radiographer of a driving state of the detector to identify that the detector is set in a detection signal accumulation state. X-ray irradiation detection unit causes a detector different from the X-ray detector to time- serially detect X-ray irradiation. An independent claim is also included for an X-ray imaging method by using an X-ray imaging apparatus.
