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Optimizing coded aperture gamma ray imaging involves balancing signal, background, and noise. Simulations show that the best aperture code choice depends on detector count times, impacting imaging performance.

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Nuclear physics
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Scientific instrumentation

Background:

Coded aperture imaging is a technique used in gamma ray detection.
Optimizing aperture design is crucial for image quality.
The Hotelling trace is a metric used to evaluate imaging system performance.

Purpose of the Study:

To optimize the azimuthal aperture in a coded aperture gamma ray imaging system.
To investigate the influence of various factors on aperture optimization.
To determine the optimal aperture code for different detector integration times.

Main Methods:

Utilizing the Hotelling trace as a figure of merit.
Performing simulations that incorporate signal and background variability, nonstationary noise, aperture code choice, and detector integration time.
Analyzing simulation results to identify optimal aperture configurations.

Main Results:

Identified crossing points where different aperture codes become optimal based on detector count times.
Demonstrated the impact of signal/background variability and noise on optimization.
Showcased the trade-offs between different coded aperture designs.

Conclusions:

The choice of aperture code in gamma ray imaging is dependent on detector integration time.
The presented optimization approach is generalizable to other coded aperture systems.
Effective optimization requires considering multiple system parameters simultaneously.