Centre Oscar Lambret 1 article published in JoVE Engineering Characterization of Recombination Effects in a Liquid Ionization Chamber Used for the Dosimetry of a Radiosurgical Accelerator Antoine Wagner1, Frederik Crop1, Thomas Lacornerie1, Nick Reynaert1 1Department of Medical Physics, Centre Oscar Lambret A growing number of radiation therapy devices offer the advantage of delivering the dose through very small beams to the tumor, allowing for increased conformity and higher doses per fraction. Many different detectors can be used for the dosimetry of these small fields. In the present study, the effect of ion recombination is investigated for a liquid ionization chamber using a stereotactic radiation therapy system.
