Medical physics Interview Question:

What is monitor Chamber?

Submitted by: Muhammad

Monitor chambers are located following the flattening filter. Used in several of the LINACs feedback systems to monitor and correct for dose rate, symmetry, and total dose delivered. The physicist is responsible for setting the dose calibration of the monitor chamber (ex. 1 monitor unit = 1cGy/MU at dmax on CAX 100SSD setup.
Submitted by: Muhammad