A study of the point spread function in scintillation camera collimators based on Fourier analysis
- 1 March 1979
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Physics in Medicine & Biology
- Vol. 24 (2) , 372-384
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0031-9155/24/2/013
Abstract
A new technique for evaluating the point spread function of parallel hole collimators in scintillation cameras is studied. The collimator function is developed into a Fourier series and the intensity distribution in the detector plane for a point source is given by a mathematical expression that depends on the object position and on the collimator parameters. The septal penetration effect is considered. The technique is applied to obtain the general formulae for collimators with hexagonal holes and the PSF is evaluated.Keywords
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