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. 2015 Jun 10;21(1):8–16. doi: 10.1016/j.rpor.2015.05.001

Table 3.

Relative neutron dose rate for soft tissues and tissue-equivalent materials relative to neutron dose rate in 9-component soft tissue.

Radial distance (cm) Soft tissue (4-component) Muscle (skeletal) Brain (grey/white matter) Adipose tissue Blood (whole) Lung tissue A-150 Plexiglass Water
0.3 0.990 1.000 1.042 1.130 0.998 1.006 1.038 0.844 1.072
0.4 0.990 1.000 1.041 1.131 0.998 1.006 1.039 0.846 1.072
0.5 0.990 1.000 1.041 1.131 0.998 1.006 1.040 0.849 1.071
1.0 0.992 1.000 1.039 1.130 0.998 1.005 1.042 0.856 1.067
2.0 0.996 1.001 1.035 1.129 0.997 1.004 1.040 0.868 1.059
3.0 1.004 1.003 1.031 1.125 0.997 1.004 1.031 0.875 1.049
5.0 1.018 1.004 1.020 1.116 0.997 1.003 1.011 0.880 1.033
7.0 1.032 1.007 1.008 1.091 0.998 1.003 0.975 0.872 1.019
10.0 1.060 1.012 0.996 1.072 0.999 1.006 0.917 0.851 1.007
12.0 1.075 1.007 0.989 1.047 0.994 0.997 0.876 0.852 0.989
15.0 1.119 1.023 0.993 1.046 1.003 1.004 0.835 0.846 1.004