IonizationChamber

# Purpose

Scripts for analyzing and visualizing radiation measurement data from ionization chamber sensor.

# Content

## Single Sample Analysis (radiation_analysis_single.R)

![time_domain](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/RobertGawron/IonizationChamber/master/Documentation/Plots/time_domain_example.png)

#### Purpose:

Analyzes a single radiation sample, producing:

Time series plot of radiation counts

Histogram of radiation distribution

#### Input

A CSV file (data.csv) with two columns:

Time: Timestamps in %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.%OS format

Voltage: Measured voltage from ionization chamber

#### Output

Two image files (PNG and SVG) with the filename pattern:
radiation_analysis_single_<timestamp>.<ext>

#### Usage

Place your data in data.csv in the same directory

Run the script:

Rscript radiation_analysis_single.R

## Multi-Sample Comparison (radiation_analysis_multi.R)

![boxplot](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/RobertGawron/IonizationChamber/master/Documentation/Plots/box_plot_example.png)

#### Purpose

Compares radiation levels across multiple samples using boxplots.

#### Input

Multiple CSV files (configured in the script) each containing:

Time: Timestamps (optional, used for footer)

Voltage: Radiation counts (required)

#### Output

Two image files (PNG and SVG) with the pattern:
radiation_comparison_<timestamp>.<ext>

#### Usage

Configure samples in the radiation_analysis_multi.R script (search for line shown below)

samples <- list(
  background = list(file = "DataNoSample.csv", name = "Background Radiation"),
  americium = list(file = "DataSample1.csv", name = "Am-241 (Smoke Detector)"),
  radium = list(file = "DataSample2.csv", name = "Ra-226 (Old Compass)")
)

Run the script:

Rscript radiation_analysis_multi.R