Users Manual Part 2

IBA | 17-2 | Clinical User’s Guide
Volume 1 - Treatment Session
|Part II - Using Treatment Room Equipment Performing QA Checks and Verifying Beams With a Water Phantom |
CAUTION Be aware that the lifetime of Ionization Chambers may be reduced if
exposed to over 10E6 Gray, which corresponds to approximately
450 hours of beam exposure at 5 nA.
Ionization Chamber 1 (IC1) can sustain 450 hours of beam exposure at
5nA.
Ionization Chamber 2/3 (IC 2/3) can sustain 450 hours of unscanned
beam exposure at 5 nA.