EngineeringNuclear EngineeringDiagnostic ImagingNuclear InstrumentationRadiation DetectionDetector TechnologyGamma-ray DetectorsGamma-ray InstrumentationRadiation DetectorsRadiation Imaging DetectorsScintillation DetectorsCrystal ScintillatorsDetector ArraysElectronic Instrument ConstructionGamma-ray ImagingPositron-emitting RadionuclidesScintillator CrystalsSensitivitySodium Iodide Detectors
The design and use of parallel-channel collimators with the s cintillatio!'.. camera are described.Equations for calculating the optimum hole diameter, length,.and septal thickness are given, together with parameters of a number of collimators designed for a given resolution and maximum gamma-ray energy.Examples are shown of their performance with the scintillation camera in cliniCal use '.-1-UCRL-1133s'.,r ' . .
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