Table 5.

Dose increase factor (DIF) assigned to total dose $(\text{neutron dose}\hspace{0.17em}+\hspace{0.17em}\text{photon dose})$ in a 15 MV photon beam produced by four prostheses: Co‐Cr‐Mo, Stainless steel, Ti‐alloy, and Ti in a water phantom

		Dose Increase Factor (DIF) ± Uncertainty
	Depth in Phantom (cm)	Co‐Cr‐Mo	Stainless Steel	Ti‐alloy	Ti
	1	$1.00\pm 0.08$	$1.00\pm 0.08$	$1.00\pm 0.08$	$1.00\pm 0.08$
	2	$0.99\pm 0.08$	$1.00\pm 0.08$	$0.99\pm 0.08$	$1.01\pm 0.08$
	3	$1.01\pm 0.10$	$0.99\pm 0.09$	$1.00\pm 0.09$	$0.99\pm 0.09$
	4	$1.00\pm 0.02$	$1.00\pm 0.02$	$0.99\pm 0.02$	$1.00\pm 0.02$
Water	5	$1.00\pm 0.02$	$1.00\pm 0.02$	$1.00\pm 0.02$	$1.00\pm 0.02$
	6	$1.00\pm 0.02$	$1.00\pm 0.02$	$1.00\pm 0.02$	$1.00\pm 0.02$
	7	$1.00\pm 0.02$	$1.00\pm 0.02$	$1.00\pm 0.02$	$1.00\pm 0.02$
	8	$1.00\pm 0.02$	$1.00\pm 0.02$	$1.00\pm 0.02$	$1.00\pm 0.02$
	9	$1.00\pm 0.02$	$1.00\pm 0.02$	$1.01\pm 0.02$	$1.00\pm 0.02$
	11	$0.83\pm 0.02$	$0.86\pm 0.02$	$0.96\pm 0.02$	$0.85\pm 0.02$
Prosthesis	12	$0.68\pm 0.01$	$0.75\pm 0.02$	$0.88\pm 0.02$	$0.79\pm 0.02$
	13	$0.54\pm 0.01$	$0.63\pm 0.01$	$0.81\pm 0.02$	$0.70\pm 0.02$
	15	$0.44\pm 0.01$	$0.55\pm 0.01$	$0.69\pm 0.02$	$0.68\pm 0.02$
	16	$0.43\pm 0.01$	$0.53\pm 0.01$	$0.69\pm 0.02$	$0.67\pm 0.02$
	17	$0.43\pm 0.01$	$0.52\pm 0.01$	$0.68\pm 0.02$	$0.67\pm 0.02$
	18	$0.43\pm 0.01$	$0.52\pm 0.01$	$0.68\pm 0.02$	$0.67\pm 0.02$
Water	19	$0.43\pm 0.01$	$0.52\pm 0.01$	$0.68\pm 0.02$	$0.66\pm 0.02$
	20	$0.43\pm 0.01$	$0.52\pm 0.01$	$0.68\pm 0.02$	$0.66\pm 0.02$
	21	$0.43\pm 0.01$	$0.52\pm 0.01$	$0.67\pm 0.02$	$0.66\pm 0.02$
	22	$0.43\pm 0.01$	$0.52\pm 0.01$	$0.67\pm 0.02$	$0.66\pm 0.02$