| CPC A61B 6/5241 (2013.01) [A61B 6/4233 (2013.01); A61B 6/4266 (2013.01); A61B 6/4452 (2013.01); G01N 23/04 (2013.01); G01T 1/243 (2013.01); G01T 1/2928 (2013.01); G01T 1/2978 (2013.01); G01T 1/366 (2013.01); G01T 1/38 (2013.01)] | 19 Claims |

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1. A method comprising:
moving an image sensor along a first direction among a plurality of positions relative to a scene and capturing partial images of the scene respectively at the plurality of positions; and
forming an image of the scene from the partial images;
wherein the image sensor has an active area and a dead zone;
wherein the dead zone extends along a second direction;
wherein the second direction is at an angle with the first direction; and
wherein each point in the scene falls on the dead zone no more than once when the image sensor is at the plurality of positions.
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