Conference posters

  1. [last updated Mar 2026]
  2. S. Crowe, S. Peet, T. Kairn, “Radiological properties of bone cement in proton therapy beams”, PTCOG Conference, Singapore, 2024
  3. S. Peet, S. Crowe, T. Kairn, “Performing Voxel-based Secondary Cancer Risk Calculations In A Commercial Treatment Planning System”, PTCOG Conference, Singapore, 2024
  4. S. B. Crowe, R. Wilks, H. Hajnorouzi, “Validating the dosimetric accuracy of a Xoft Axxent intraoperative radiotherapy system”, ESTRO meets Asia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2024
  5. S. B. Crowe, J. Walsh, L. Yu, P. Chan, R. Effeney, G. Rattray, T. Kairn, “Automating the extraction of Radixact Synchrony performance data for quality improvement”, ESTRO meets Asia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2024
  6. S. B. Crowe, N. Cassim, J. Luscombe, K. McMahon, T. Kairn, “Monte Carlo calculation of total skin electron therapy dose using whole-body photogrammetry models”, ESTRO meets Asia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2024
  7. T. Kairn, S. Crowe, “Apparent energy-independence of electron beam measurements achieved using ionisation chamber array”, ESTRO meets Asia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2024
  8. S. Crowe, L. Yu, S. Peet, T. Kairn, “Application of statistical process control methods in the retrospective review and design of patient-specific quality assurance processes”, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine, Adelaide, Australia, 2022
  9. R. Wilks, J. Skewes, D. Forrestal, T. Kairn, S. Crowe, “Evaluating 3D printing materials for intracavitary gynaecological brachytherapy”, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine, Adelaide, Australia, 2022
  10. T. Kairn, T. Poroa, S. Cleland, J. Dawes, L. Kenny, C. Lancaster, C. Lin, S. Crowe, “Clinical use of 3D printed intra-oral stents: opportunities and obstacles”, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine, Adelaide, Australia, 2022
  11. E. Simpson-Page, S. Maxwell, N. Cassim, T. Kairn, S. B. Crowe, “Changing Penumbras: Assessment of variation in kV lead shield edge effects”, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine, Brisbane, Australia, 2021
  12. S. B. Crowe, B. Murray, T. Poroa, J. Luscombe, D. Vincent, A. Livingstone, R. Wilks, T. Kairn, “Listing of patient-matched 3D-printed radiotherapy bolus on the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods”, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine, Brisbane, Australia, 2021 Winner of EPSM poster prize
  13. E. Spelleken, J. Hellyer, S. Crowe, T. Kairn, “Dosimetric effects of small fields and air gaps when using 3D printed bolus”, ESTRO, Madrid, Spain, 2021
  14. S. Crowe, M. Lathouras, C. Lancaster, T. Kairn, “Barium-contrasted bone-cements: impact on dosimetry”, ESTRO, online congress, 2020
  15. T. Kairn, M. Lathouras, S. Sylvander, S. Crowe, “Investigating dose calculation accuracy around gas-filled tissue expanders using 3D-printed phantoms”, ESTRO, online congress, 2020
  16. T. Kairn, C. Berry, L. Campbell, K. McMahon, S. Peet, S. B. Crowe, “Appearance and minimisation of respiratory motion artefacts in thoracic MRI images of prone patients”, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine, Perth, Australia, 2019. Winner of “Best Poster Presentation Award – Imaging”.
  17. T. Kairn, H. Stephens, C. Deans, “Accuracy of optically stimulated luminescence dosimeter measurements of skin dose from high dose rate brachytherapy”, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine, Perth, Australia, 2019.
  18. T. Kairn, G. Brown, K. Choma, J. Dawes, S. R. Sylvander, Y. Yin, S. B. Crowe, “Design and use of a modular system of 3D printed blocks to model heart and lung tissue in a breast radiotherapy phantom”, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine, Perth, Australia, 2019.
  19. P. H. Charles, A. Livingstone, T. Kairn, S. B. Crowe, “Clinical quality assurance of 3D printed patient specific radiotherapy devices”, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine, Perth, Australia, 2019.
  20. E. Obereigner, T. Kairn, S. Crowe, “Constructing patient-specific 3D printed mouth-pieces: A proof of concept study”, Herston Biofabrication Institute Conference, Brisbane, Australia, 2019.
  21. T. Kairn, R. Wilks, L. Yu, S. B. Crowe, “Monitoring total skin electron therapy using optically stimulated luminescence dosimeters”, ESTRO 38, Milan, Italy, 2019
  22. T. Kairn, Y. Ikeda, M. West, D. Schlect, S. Crowe, “Retrospective review of brain dose from cranial stereotactic radiosurgery treatments of metastases”, ESTRO 38, Milan, Italy, 2019
  23. S. B. Crowe, E. Whittle, C. Jones, T. Kairn, “Dosimeter selection for small field percentage depth dose and tissue maximum ratio measurements”, ESTRO 38, Milan, Italy, 2019
  24. S. B. Crowe, T. Kairn, “Optimal assay sizes for intraoperatively planned iodine-125 brachytherapy”, Australasian Brachytherapy Group Annual Scientific Meeting, Brisbane, Australia, 2019
  25. P. Fogg, M. West, T. Kairn, “Use of slow gantry rotations to reduce motion artefacts in cone-beam computed tomography images of radiotherapy patients”, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine, Adelaide, Australia, 2018
  26. E. Spelleken, J. Rijken, T. Kairn, “Characterisation of multi-leaf collimators designed for stereotactic and small field applications”, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine, Adelaide, Australia, 2018
  27. E. Whittle, S. Crowe, S. Khoei, E. Spelleken, T. Kairn, “Conversion of PDDs to TMRs for small radiotherapy fields”, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine, Adelaide, Australia, 2018
  28. S. B. Crowe, T. Kairn, “Calibration seed sampling for iodine-125 prostate brachytherapy”, World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Prague, Czech Republic, 2018
  29. N. Cassim, K. Biggerstaff, Y. Ikeda, C. Skidmore, R. Wilks, S. B. Crowe, T. Kairn, “Level III audit of two stereotactic radiosurgery treatment planning and delivery systems”, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine, Adelaide, Australia, 2018
  30. T. Kairn, Y. Ikeda, D. Schlect, S. B. Crowe, “Retrospective review of brain dose from stereotactic radiosurgery treatments of brain oligometastases”, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine, Adelaide, Australia, 2018
  31. T. Kairn, S. B. Crowe “Development of an experience-based end-to-end test”, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine, Adelaide, Australia, 2018
  32. T. Kairn, S. B. Crowe “Producing inserts for a commercial motion phantom using 3D printing”, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine, Adelaide, Australia, 2018
  33. S. Zolfaghari, S. B. Crowe, D. Papworth, M. West, T. Kairn, “Stereotactic radiosurgery for multiple brain metastases: A dose-volume study”, World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Prague, Czech Republic, 2018
  34. T. Kairn, S. C. Peet, L. Yu, S. B. Crowe, “Long-term reliability of optically stimulated luminescence dosimeters”, World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Prague, Czech Republic, 2018
  35. T. Kairn, H. Stephens, S. B. Crowe, S. Peet, “Optically stimulated luminescence dosimeters as an alternative to radiographic film for performing head-wrap linac leakage measurements”, World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Prague, Czech Republic, 2018
  36. S. Khoei, T. Kairn, M. West, “Measurement of percentage depth-dose profiles in very small fields”, World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Prague, Czech Republic, 2018
  37. T. Kairn, S. B. Crowe, “Application of data mining to clinical protocol design: Are breath-hold techniques beneficial for prone breast radiotherapy patients?”, World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Prague, Czech Republic, 2018
  38. S. Khoei, T. Kairn “A method for accurately measuring percentage depth dose in a very small field”, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine, Hobart, Australia, 2017
  39. H. Stephens, C. Deans, D. Schlect, T. Kairn “Superficial high dose rate brachytherapy for the treatment of lower eyelid carcinomas”, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine, Hobart, Australia, 2017
  40. S. Peet, R. Wilks, T. Kairn, S. B. Crowe, “Characterising and estimating doses near cardiac devices during radiotherapy treatments”, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine, Sydney, Australia, 2016
  41. T. Kairn, S. B. Crowe, “Clinical application of data mining: Evaluation and comparison of radiotherapy treatment plans for breast cancer”, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine, Sydney, Australia, 2016
  42. S. Zolfaghari, D. Papworth, M. West, S. B. Crowe, T. Kairn, “Testing the limits of stereotactic radiosurgery for multiple brain metastases”, Queensland Radiation Therapist Weekend, Brisbane, Australia, 2016
  43. T. Kairn, N. D. Middlebrook, S. B. Crowe, “Application of data mining to clinical protocol design: Are breath-hold techniques beneficial for prone breast radiotherapy patients?”, 18th International Conference on the use of Computers in Radiation Therapy, London, United Kingdom, 2016
  44. T. Kairn, A. Asena, S. B. Crowe, A. Livingstone, D. Papworth, S. Smith, B. Sutherland, S. Sylvander, R. D. Franich, J. V. Trapp, “Can a commercial gel dosimetry system be used to verify stereotactic spinal radiotherapy treatment dose distributions?”, International Conference on 3D Radiation Dosimetry, Galveston, Texas, Australia, 2016
  45. S. Zolfaghari, S. B. Crowe, D. Papworth, M. West, T. Kairn, “Testing the limits of stereotactic radiosurgery for multiple brain metastases”, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine, Sydney, Australia, 2016
  46. T. Kairn, B. Sutherland, “Commissioning of desktop scanners for use in radiochromic film readout”, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine, Wellington, New Zealand, 2015
  47. T. Kairn, M. West, “Six isocentres and a piece of film: Comprehensive end-to-end testing of a cranial stereotactic radiosurgery system”, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine, Wellington, New Zealand, 2015
  48. S. B. Crowe, S. Sylvander, T. Kairn, “Spectrophotometric analysis of radiochromic film”, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine, Wellington, New Zealand, 2015
  49. A. Asena, T. Kairn, S. T. Smith, S. B. Crowe, J. V. Trapp, “Seeing through metal implants in gel dosimetry”, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine, Wellington, New Zealand, 2015
  50. T. Kairn, J. Anderson, S. B. Crowe, M. Lah, “Validity of conformity indices for categorising radiotherapy treatments for anal and rectal carcinoma”, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine, Wellington, New Zealand, 2015
  51. T. Kairn, J. Anderson, S. B. Crowe, M. Lah, “Clinical deliverability of modulated radiotherapy treatments for anal carcinoma”, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine, Wellington, New Zealand, 2015
  52. P. Charles, T. Kairn, S. Crowe, J. Trapp, “The use of penumbrae to define and analyse non-standard fields”, AIR, RANZCR & ACPSEM Combined Scientific Meeting, Melbourne, 2014
  53. S. Crowe, T. Kairn, J. Trapp, C. Hargrave, P. Bridge, “The automation of radiotherapy treatment planning assessment”, AIR, RANZCR & ACPSEM Combined Scientific Meeting, Melbourne, 2014
  54. T. Kairn, S. Crowe, B. Sutherland, N. Middlebrook, B. Hill, J. Trapp, “Experience-based management of IMRT quality assurance”, AIR, RANZCR & ACPSEM Combined Scientific Meeting, Melbourne, 2014
  55. T. Kairn, J. Anderson, S. B. Crowe, M. Lah, “Clinical deliverability of modulated radiotherapy treatments for anal carcinoma”, Australasian Gastro-Intestinal Trials Group Annual Scientific Meeting, Brisbane, Australia, 2014
  56. T. Kairn, J. Anderson, S. B. Crowe, M. Lah, “Validity of conformity indices for categorising radiotherapy treatments for anal and rectal carcinoma”, Australasian Gastro-Intestinal Trials Group Annual Scientific Meeting, Brisbane, Australia, 2014
  57. A. Asena, S. Crowe, T. Kairn, P. Charles, S. Smith, J. Trapp, “Response variation of optically stimulated luminescence dosimeters”, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine, Perth 2013
  58. P. Charles, S. B. Crowe, T. Kairn, R. T. Knight, B. Hill, J. Kenny, C. M. Langton, J. V. Trapp, “The influence of Monte Carlo source parameters on detector design and dose perturbation in small field dosimetry”, International Conference on the Use of Computers in Radiation Therapy, Melbourne 2013
  59. T. Kairn, S. B. Crowe, J. V. Trapp, “Using narrow beam profiles to quantify focal spot size, for accurate Monte Carlo simulations of SRS/SRT systems”, International Conference on the Use of Computers in Radiation Therapy, Melbourne 2013
  60. M. L. Taylor, T. Kairn, T. Kron, L. Dunn, R. Franich, “The influence of spectral changes in non-reference conditions on stopping power ratios in small-field dosimetry”, ESTRO, London 2011
  61. T. Kairn, M. Burke, S. B. Crowe, J. Mitchell, D. Schlect, J. Kenny, “The effect of a titanium implant on the accuracy of a calculated radiotherapy dose”, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine Conference, Darwin 2011
  62. T. Kairn, T. Aland, N. Hardcastle, B. Hill, J. Kenny, R. Knight, R. Meldrum, N. Middlebrook, W. Tome, “Quality assurance of complex rotational and stereotactic IMRT treatments using Gafchromic EBT2 film”, Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM), Vancouver 2011
  63. T. Kairn, M. Burke, S. B. Crowe, J. Mitchell, D. Schlect, J. Kenny, “Monte Carlo simulation for the challenging clinical case: Spinal irradiation with titanium vertebral reconstruction implant”, International Workshop on Recent Advances in Monte Carlo Techniques for Radiation Therapy, Montreal 2011
  64. M. L. Taylor, T. Kairn, L. Dunn, J. V. Trapp, J. Kenny, R. Knight, R. Smith, M. Haynes, T. Ackerly, T. Kron, R. Franich, “Three-dimensional dose verification for clinical treatments of small intracranial tumours”, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine Conference, Melbourne 2010
  65. T. Kairn, M. L. Taylor, R. D. Franich, T. Kron, J. V. Trapp, “Origins of the observed asymmetry in out-of-field dose from a linac fitted with an external micro-MLC”, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine Conference, Melbourne 2010
  66. T. Kairn, T. Aland, S. Crowe, R. Franich, P. Johnston, J. Kenny, R. Knight, C. Langton, M. L. Taylor, J. V. Trapp, “Clinical treatment planning for stereotactic radiotherapy: Evaluation by Monte Carlo simulation”, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine Conference, Melbourne 2010
  67. T. Aland, T. Kairn, J. Kenny, “Quality assurance testing of complex radiotherapy treatments using Gafchromic EBT2 film”, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine Conference, Melbourne 2010
  68. T. Kairn, D. Warne, J. Kenny, M. Dwyer, “Accurately simulating the production of radiotherapy portal images using non-zero beam angles”, 16th International Conference on Solid State Dosimetry, Sydney 2010
  69. T. Kairn, J. Kenny, T. Aland, S. B. Crowe, J. V. Trapp, “Examination of pencil beam predictions of small-field dose using dosimetry film and Monte Carlo simulations”, 16th International Conference on Solid State Dosimetry, Sydney 2010
  70. T. Kairn, M. Dwyer, D. Warne, T. S. Markwell, J. V. Trapp, A. L. Fielding, “CTCombine: Rotating and combining CT data with an accurate detector model to simulate radiotherapy portal imaging at non-zero beam angles”, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine Conference, Canberra 2009
  71. S. Crowe, T. Kairn, A. Fielding, “Development of a Monte Carlo system to verify radiotherapy treatment dose calculations”, ESTRO, Maastricht 2009
  72. S. Crowe, T. Kairn and A. Fielding, “Monte Carlo Simulations of Radiotherapy Treatments”, Postgraduate Research Showcase, QUT, Brisbane 2007
  73. T. Kairn, D. Cassidy, P. Sandford and A. Fielding, “EPIDs for Radiotherapy Dosimetry: The Thickness Gauge”, ESTRO, Barcelona 2007
  74. T. Kairn, P.J. Daivis and I.K. Snook, “Poiseuille Flow of a Colloidal Fluid”, CRC for MicroTechnology Annual Conference, Melbourne 2003
  75. T. Kairn, P.J. Daivis and I.K. Snook, “Simple Polymers in Thin Channels”, CRC for MicroTechnology Student Workshop, Ballarat 2002
  76. T. Kairn, P.J. Daivis, M.L. Matin and I.K. Snook, “Concentration Dependence of Viscometric Properties of Short-Chain Polymer Solutions”, CRC for MicroTechnology Annual Conference, Noosa 2002