Patent ID: 7590217

Claim:
A digital mammography imaging method comprising the steps of: using at least one sensor to detect radiation passed through an object, each of the at least one sensor containing at least one sensor module, wherein the at least one sensor module contains one or more pixel columns which receive image data, arranging the object to be imaged in a compression structure that is essentially motionless, the compression structure comprising an essentially plane-like upper compression paddle and an essentially plane-like lower compression paddle or a shelf having an essentially plane-like top surface, scanning continuously across said object with a beam which originates from a radiation source having a focus, the focus of the radiation source being essentially motionless in space, the beam being limited to be narrower than the object to be imaged and adapted essentially to an active surface of the at least one sensor, and moving the at least one sensor in synch with the scanning movement of the beam while at the same time the active surface is kept essentially at right angles to the beam on a plane formed by the scanning movement of the beam, wherein movement of the at least one sensor is implemented by continuously adjusting the distance of the at least one sensor from the radiation source in such a way that the trajectory of the at least one sensor in the direction of the scanning movement of the beam becomes essentially linear, wherein said essentially linear movement of the at least one sensor takes place beneath the lower compression paddle or top surface of the shelf.