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collimation

NOUN
  1. the accurate adjustment of the line of sight of a telescope

How To Use collimation In A Sentence

  • After collimation, the central part of the measurement beam travels to the target retroreflector through an annular mirror that returns the outer annulus of the beam, which acts as the reference.
  • Most HRCT protocols use thin collimation (at intervals or continuously) from apices to costophrenic angles in the supine position with image reconstruction using an edge-enhancement algorithm.
  • After collimation, the central part of the measurement beam travels to the target retroreflector through an annular mirror that returns the outer annulus of the beam, which acts as the reference.
  • The accuracy offocus - adjustment can exceed half of focus - depth and the accuracy of collimation can exceed 10 ̄ ( - 5 ) rad.
  • Camera systems must have passed routine quality control checks with the collimation used and were photopeaked at 140 keV [+ or -] 10%. Whole-body images were acquired with a scan speed of 15 cm/min.
  • BONNIE RUCKS, DEVRY UNIVERSITY: It is a collimation of all of the students 'learning experiences here at DeVry and their real world experience. CNN Transcript Mar 14, 2009
  • I think Jeff #4 has it right: the ‘illumination’ risk is only evident on takeoff or final approach… and even then, why bother with a laser when a high-collimation halogen light will do the job? Australia Takes On ‘Laser Lunatics’ - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com
  • Even with the collimation provided by a parabolic sending station, my gut feeling is that the physics (scattering, signal-to-noise, etc) is very much against it working.
  • Exposure to ionizing radiation during a medical examination can be limited by lead shielding, tube collimation and using the lowest dose necessary to obtain a diagnostic image. Helene Pavlov: Another Look at Radiation
  • E.g., the formation and collimation of jets is still quite unknown. Quasar Caught Building Future Home Galaxy | Universe Today
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