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collimator Definition

col·li·ma·tor (-māt′ər)

noun

  1. a small telescope with cross hairs at its focus, fixed to another telescope, surveying instrument, etc. for adjusting the line of sight
  2. a device that causes a beam of radiation, as light, to move as parallel rays

Etymology: see collimate

collimator Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • use: In order to be able to resolve anatomical structures in a small animal with sufficient detail a system using pinhole collimators is required.
  • have: Each detector had a co-aligned stainless steel collimator yielding an elliptical field of view 1 x 1.8 degrees.

Adjective modifier

  • final: Figure 8 shows the effect on the x-ray scatter of both translation and rotation of the final collimator.
  • lead: Conventional SPECT data was also acquired for these phantoms using the camera's scintillation detector with a lead collimator.

Modifies a noun

  • cell: Note: If x is not present, then the dataset refers to or collected by both sets of collimator cells combined.
  • optic: The laser heads come with collimator optics and can be fitted with optical fibers.
  • transmission: TRANS The collimator transmission at time of record ( percentage ).
  • response: Data were included only if the source position was within 15 % of the collimator response.
  • lens: Moving the WFS collimator lens barrel back further from the science collimator mirror would provide room for the mechanism.
  • optics: The optical design for the LGS path modifies the field lens and the collimator optics.

Noun used with modifier

  • laser: To account for this, the laser beacon collimator has two extra independent axial motions for lens elements.
  • multi-leaf: A major component of modern linear accelerators which assists this technique is the multi-leaf collimator ( MLC ).
  • pinhole: In order to be able to resolve anatomical structures in a small animal with sufficient detail a system using pinhole collimators is required.
  • steel: Each detector had a co-aligned stainless steel collimator yielding an elliptical field of view 1 x 1.8 degrees.

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