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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 1981
Filed:
Apr. 20, 1979
Christopher H Tosswill, Sturbridge, MA (US);
Galileo Electro-Optics Corp., Sturbridge, MA (US);
Abstract
In imaging apparatus comprising a slit collimator, means for imparting to the collimator a basic movement through a succession of different positions relative to a source of radiation, detector means for providing measurements of the radiation passing through the collimator in each of the positions, and means for processing data from the succession of measurements to gain information about the source, that improvement comprising means for superimposing upon the basic movement of the collimator a cyclic lateral movement of the collimator and the detector means transverse both to the direction of radiation transmission through the collimator and to the walls of the collimator defining the slits, and means for making a succession of such measurements during each cycle of the lateral movement.