Patent ID: 7505554

Claim:
An X-ray device for tomosynthesis, the device comprising: an X-ray source for emitting X-ray radiation at an object in a first direction; and at least one digital X-ray detector array having a plurality of detectors, each detector comprising a two-dimensional matrix of detection elements, wherein the at least one detector array is located on a substantially opposite side of the object from the X-ray source, wherein a line parallel to a scanning axis intersects at least two of the plurality of detectors in the detector array, and wherein the at least one detector array is configured such that it: moves, in a single pass, linearly relative to the object along the scanning axis which is substantially perpendicular to the first direction; receives, during the single pass, X-ray radiation that has passed through a region of interest of the object from a plurality of incident angles; and provides, based on the X-ray radiation received during the single pass, an electronic signal that represents an X-ray image of the region of interest.