Patent ID: 7142632

Claim:
A medical imaging device, comprising: a radiation source; a digital radiation detector for recording images, the radiation source and the digital radiation detector configured to be moved vertically relative to a patient in a standing position; a control device adapted to move the radiation source and the digital radiation detector to a plurality of successive imaging positions for recording an image of an examination area having a height exceeding a height of an active surface area of the digital radiation detector; and an image processing device for generating a combined image showing the examination area, wherein the plurality of successive imaging positions are calculated by the control device based on user input data providing the height of the examination area and based on the height of the active surface area of the digital radiation detector, an image is recorded at each imaging position, the images recorded at the imaging positions in their entirety covering the examination area, and the image processing device is configured to generate the combined image using the images recorded at the imaging positions.