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THE EFFECT OF COLLIMATION ON THE RESOLUTION AND PEAK-TO-TOTAL RATIO OF A NaI(T1) CRYSTAL

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:4786630
Restriction of the incident radiation to a small area of a NaI(T1l) scintillation crystal improves the resolution and studied with a series of tapered lead collimators, all with the same apex but with differing apertures, in front of a 4-in. by 4-in.-diameter NaI(T1) scintillation crystal. Sources of gamma rays with energies from 0.28 to 2.76 Mev are located at the apex of the taper. Optimum resolution of about 25 percent greater than broad-beam resolution is obtained with a 0.25-in. diameter aperture. Anomalous effects are observed with a smaller opening. (auth)
Research Organization:
Naval Radiological Defense Lab., San Francisco
NSA Number:
NSA-16-013305
OSTI ID:
4786630
Report Number(s):
USNRDL-TR-543
Country of Publication:
Country unknown/Code not available
Language:
English

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