The use of a Monte Carlo method to calculate the average solid angle subtended by a detector to source in a non-parallel plane.

In a previous scientific note, a short computer program for a personal computer was described that calculated the average solid angle subtended by a circular or rectangular detector window to a circular or rectangular source in a parallel plane by a Monte Carlo method. This note describes the development of the program for conditions where the detector window is not parallel to the plane of the source, and in particular looks at a method of analysing orientations that relates straightforwardly to practical measurement.