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Commissioning, dosimetric characterisation and machine performance assessment of the AQURE mobile accelerator for intraoperative radiotherapy Cover

Commissioning, dosimetric characterisation and machine performance assessment of the AQURE mobile accelerator for intraoperative radiotherapy

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pjmpe-2024-0021 | Journal eISSN: 1898-0309 | Journal ISSN: 1425-4689
Language: English
Page range: 177 - 181
Submitted on: Aug 28, 2024
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Accepted on: Sep 13, 2024
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Published on: Oct 3, 2024
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2024 Adam Ryczkowski, Bartosz Pawałowski, Marta Kruszyna-Mochalska, Agnieszka Misiarz, Aleksandra Lenartowicz-Gasik, Maksymilian Wosicki, Agata Jodda, Przemysław Adrich, Tomasz Piotrowski, published by Polish Society of Medical Physics
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