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Figure 1a. Beam collimation in 16-section CT. B = beam, C = collimator, DAS = data acquisition system, DE = detector elements, T = tube. (a) Narrow collimation exposes only the small central detector elements. (b) Wide collimation exposes all of the detector elements. The small central elements are paired or "binned" so that each pair acts as one larger element.
