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The basic principles of X-ray and gamma-ray imaging for astronomy with non-focusing optics are briefly reviewed. Specific topics include coded masks, and bigrid and multigrid collimators. The advantages and limitations of the various design options are discussed and illustrated with representative examples.
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Hurford, G.J. (2013). X-ray imaging with collimators, masks and grids. In: Huber, M.C.E., Pauluhn, A., Culhane, J.L., Timothy, J.G., Wilhelm, K., Zehnder, A. (eds) Observing Photons in Space. ISSI Scientific Report Series, vol 9. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7804-1_12
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