mechanical and structural properties of the breast tissue that are indicative of breast cancer detection of nodules is achieved by placing the breast into a mechanical scanning unit comprising of a two dimensional pressure sensor array and a mobile linear pressure sensor array located opposite to the two dimensional pressure sensor array and analyzing the signals from the pressure sensors the device is able to objectively detect presence of lesions suspicious for cancer or other breast pathologies in the breast and provide means for computerized three dimensional mechanical imaging of the breast application_number US 84305601 A description references will be made in detail to a preferred embodiment of the invention an example of which is illustrated in the accompanying drawings wherever possible the same reference numerals will be used throughout the drawings and the description will refer to the same or similar parts an embodiment of the invention shown in fig1 4 is a clinical device for imaging the mechanical structure of the examined breast and diagnosing diseases accompanied by changes in the elasticity of the breast tissue a perspective of the use of a device for mechanical imaging of the breast 10 of the present invention during breast examination is shown in fig1 the patient sits in a chair so.