An imaging control method, the imaging control method comprising: in tomosynthesis imaging using a radiation source that generates radiation and a plurality of types of filters that change a quality of the radiation, irradiating an object with the radiation emitted from the radiation source at a plurality of irradiation positions (70 1 , ..., 70 7 ) having different irradiation angles, and switching the plurality of types of filters at each of the irradiation positions such that the radiation having different qualities (LE, HE) is emitted to capture a plurality of radiographic images of the object at each of the irradiation positions, the method further comprising moving the radiation source to an initial irradiation position (S100), using a first filter in the irradiation field of the initial irradiation position to emit radiation with a first quality (S104) and then switching one or more different filters of the plurality of filters to be located in the irradiation field of the initial irradiation position (S202) and using the different filters to each emit radiation with a different quality from the first quality (S106), characterised in that the method further comprising moving the radiation source to a next irradiation position (S108) and using the last of the different filters used at the initial irradiation position as the first filter at the next irradiation position (S110), and repeating the switching and moving steps for subsequent ones of the plurality of irradiation positions such that a last filter used at an n-th irradiation position is used as a first filter used at an (n+1)-th irradiation position. in tomosynthesis imaging using a radiation source that generates radiation and a plurality of types of filters that change a quality of the radiation, irradiating an object with the radiation emitted from the radiation source at a plurality of irradiation positions (70 1 , ..., 70 7 ) having different irradiation angles, and switching the plurality of types of filters at each of the irradiation positions such that the radiation having different qualities (LE, HE) is emitted to capture a plurality of radiographic images of the object at each of the irradiation positions, the method further comprising moving the radiation source to an initial irradiation position (S100), using a first filter in the irradiation field of the initial irradiation position to emit radiation with a first quality (S104) and then switching one or more different filters of the plurality of filters to be located in the irradiation field of the initial irradiation position (S202) and using the different filters to each emit radiation with a different quality from the first quality (S106), characterised in that the method further comprising moving the radiation source to a next irradiation position (S108) and using the last of the different filters used at the initial irradiation position as the first filter at the next irradiation position (S110), and repeating the switching and moving steps for subsequent ones of the plurality of irradiation positions such that a last filter used at an n-th irradiation position is used as a first filter used at an (n+1)-th irradiation position. <EOS>