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• The signal from the monitor chamber has a component that originates from particles
which have backscattered from the upper part of the jaws into the chamber.
• The fraction of this signal depends on the aperture defined by the upper jaws and
Dose per MU formalisms:
model-based dose calculations
increases as this decreases.
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Monitor chamber
Fraction of the total of the monitor chamber which is
attributed to particles that have backscattered into the
monitor chamber
or