Building a Graphite Calorimetry System for the Dosimetry of Therapeutic X-ray Beams |
Kim, In Jung
(Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science)
Kim, Byoung Chul (Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science) Kim, Joong Hyun (Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science) Chung, Jae-Pil (Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science) Kim, Hyun Moon (Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science) Yi, Chul-Young (Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science) |
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