Abstract

Uniform redundant-array masks have been reported as good lenses to form the image of gamma sources, with the correlation between the mask-aperture matrix and the shadows projected on a static position-sensitive detector. We present a modified uniform redundant-array configuration suitable for portable and small-size γ cameras; its ability to reconstruct the image of several sources is analyzed. We have carried out a Montecarlo simulation of the γ interactions in the mask, defining the expected response of the correlation process and comparing it with that achieved with the usual uniform redundant-array configurations.

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