Method for scanning of an object in a scanning apparatus

A method for scanning a plurality of objects in a scanning apparatus, the method comprising:

• disposing the plurality of objects and complementary objects on a support of the scanning apparatus so that the objects and complementary objects are positioned between an imaging beam emitting element and an imaging beam receiving element oppositely disposed to either side of the support, wherein the support is rotatable relative to the emitting and receiving elements about an axis of rotation to allow creation of an image from projections each taken at a different relative angle of rotation and a notional line drawn from the emitting element to the receiving element through the axis of rotation intersects two or more of the plurality of objects and complementary objects for at least a third of the projections;
• wherein volumes of the complementary objects are solid or filled with a filling material and the complementary objects are configured to reduce the variation in imaging beam attenuation across the complementary objects and the objects or a part to be scanned of the objects at the different relative angles of rotation;
• the method further comprising:
• operating the scanning apparatus at the different relative angles of rotation to produce an image of the objects.