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Figure 3a.   Cross-sectional profile of an equal-width detector design. (a) To acquire four 5-mm-thick sections, all 16 detectors are activated. The signals from adjacent groups of four detectors are combined into one channel, creating a virtual detector with a section thickness of 5 mm. (b) To acquire four 1.25-mm-thick sections, only the central four detectors are activated.