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Enhancing Dosimetry Accuracy: Characterization and Verification of an Experimental Cylindrical Graphite Ionization Chamber for Dosimetry of Therapeutic Photon Beams in Reference Conditions Cover

Enhancing Dosimetry Accuracy: Characterization and Verification of an Experimental Cylindrical Graphite Ionization Chamber for Dosimetry of Therapeutic Photon Beams in Reference Conditions

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|Jun 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pjmpe-2025-0018 | Journal eISSN: 1898-0309 | Journal ISSN: 1425-4689
Language: English
Page range: 158 - 163
Submitted on: Nov 13, 2024
Accepted on: Feb 17, 2025
Published on: Jun 28, 2025
Published by: Polish Society of Medical Physics
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2025 Paweł Wołowiec, Weronika Niedziałek, Magdalena Szymko, Piotr Tulik, Krzysztof Zaczek, Joanna Stemplowska, Krzysztof Buliński, Janusz Braziewicz, published by Polish Society of Medical Physics
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