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Photon Buildup Factor

Photon Buildup Factor is a dimensionless multiplicative factor used in radiation shielding and transport theory that accounts for the increase in photon radiation intensity at a given point due to scattered photons, relative to the intensity from uncollided photons alone.

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EXABCal: A program for calculating photon exposure and energy absorption buildup factors

I.O. Olarinoye, R.I. Odiaga, Sriya Paul · Heliyon · 2019 · 131 citations · Full text

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Photon Point Source Buildup Factors for Air, Water, and Iron

A. B. Chilton, C.M. Eisenhauer, G.L. Simmons · Nuclear Science and Engineering · 1980 · 89 citations

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Estimation of gamma- and X-ray photons buildup factor in soft tissue with Monte Carlo method

Dariush Sardari, Ali Abbaspour, Samaneh Baradaran · Applied Radiation and Isotopes · 2009 · 75 citations

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Point Isotropic Gamma-Ray Buildup Factors in Concrete

C.M. Eisenhauer, G.L. Simmons · Nuclear Science and Engineering · 1975 · 59 citations

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Investigation of human teeth with respect to the photon interaction, energy absorption and buildup factor

Murat Kurudirek, Sinan Topcuoglu · Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms · 2011 · 54 citations

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  1. MK
    Murat Kurudirek

    Atatürk University, Türkiye

    5 publications · 171 citations

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  2. DS
    Dariush Sardari

    Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Iran

    4 publications · 132 citations

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    Yoshiko Harima

    Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan

    3 publications · 51 citations

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    Mitsuyuki KITAZUME

    Hitachi (Japan), Japan

    2 publications · 20 citations

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    I.O. Olarinoye

    Federal University of Technology Minna, Nigeria

    2 publications · 146 citations

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  1. Atatürk University

    Erzurum, Türkiye

    6 h-index

    10 publications

    391 citations

  2. Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch

    Tehran, Iran

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    380 citations

  3. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    191 citations

  4. Tokyo Institute of Technology

    Tokyo, Japan

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    71 citations

  5. National Institute of Standards and Technology

    Gaithersburg, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    160 citations

  6. Federal University of Technology Minna

    Minna, Nigeria

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    408 citations

  7. System Science Applications (United States)

    Los Angeles, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    148 citations

  8. Al-Azhar University

    Cairo, Egypt

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    47 citations

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  1. Nuclear Science and Engineering

    10 publications · 273 citations

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  2. Radiation Physics and Chemistry

    4 publications · 103 citations

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  3. Medical Physics

    3 publications · 33 citations

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  4. Physics Letters B

    2 publications · 26 citations

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  5. Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology

    JNST · 2 publications · 20 citations

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