Conference posters

  1. T. Kairn, J. Luscombe, C. Lin, S. Crowe, “Use of 3D printed bolus in a challenging clinical scenario: radiotherapy treatments of patients without external nose”, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine, Brisbane, Australia 2026
  2. T. Kairn, S. Crowe, “Water equivalence of Virtual Water”, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine, Brisbane, Australia 2026
  3. T. Kairn, N. Cassim, S. Crowe, “Feasibility of lightweight shielding for dosimetry array electronics”, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine, Brisbane, Australia 2026
  4. T. Kairn, K. Amarsee, S. Peet, S. Crowe, “Evaluation of water-equivalence of 3D printed bolus materials for use in electron radiotherapy”, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine, Brisbane, Australia 2026
  5. T. Kairn, A Celati, M. Treleaven, K. Stewart, S. B. Crowe, “A preliminary evaluation of an online adaptive radiotherapy emulator for helical tomotherapy”, Joint AAPM-COMP Annual Meeting, Vancouver, Canada, 2026
  6. T. Kairn, J. Bodnar, R. Cheuk, N. Peck, S. B. Crowe, “Unique considerations when delivering radiation therapy treatment to a pregnant patient: inadvisable delivery of noncoplanar beams”, Joint AAPM-COMP Annual Meeting, Vancouver, Canada ,2026
  7. S. Crowe, T. Kairn, “Post-treatment quality assurance of real-time adaptation deliveries”, Joint AAPM-COMP Annual Meeting, Vancouver, Canada, 2026
  8. S. Crowe, K. Amarsee, J. Bennett, J. Blyth, D. Liefman, T. Kairn, “Validating superficial radiotherapy dosimetry: Beyond manual dose calculations”, Joint AAPM-COMP Annual Meeting, Vancouver, Canada, 2026
  9. T. Kairn, D. Bryant, C. Bettington, S. Crowe, “Effects of non-coplanar radiation beams on potential foetal dose during cranial radiotherapy treatments for pregnant patients”, ESTRO Conference, Stockholm, Sweden, 2026
  10. T. Kairn, J. Blyth, S. Crowe, “Diminished benefits from lead shielding for pregnant patients during cranial radiotherapy in a flattening-filter-free world”, ESTRO Conference, Stockholm, Sweden, 2026
  11. J. Hindmarsh, S. Crowe, J. Walsh, T. Kairn, S. Dieterich, J. Booth, P. Keall, “Learnings and insights applying systems engineering hazard analysis to real-time radiotherapy”, ESTRO Conference Stockholm, Sweden, 2026
  12. S. Crowe, J. Walsh, K. Stewart, S. Peet, T. Kairn, “Log-based quality assurance of Radixact Synchrony real-time adaptation deliveries” ESTRO Conference, Stockholm, Sweden, 2026
  13. S. Crowe, J. Bennett, J. Blyth, T. Kairn, “Developing an illustrative handbook of accurate superficial radiotherapy dose calculations”, ESTRO Conference, Stockholm, Sweden, 2026
  14. S. Gordon, S. Crowe, J. Walsh, L. Yu, C. Bettington, T. Kairn, “Evaluating Radixact Synchrony tracking accuracy in response to anatomical changes during radiotherapy using 3D printed lung inserts”, IUPESM World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering XXVII, Adelaide, Australia, 2025
  15. S. Peet, S. Crowe, T. Kairn, “Voxel-based second primary cancer risk calculations for proton-photon comparative planning”, IUPESM World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering XXVII, Adelaide, Australia, 2025
  16. S. Crowe, S. Peet, T. Kairn, “Radiological properties of bone cement in proton therapy beams”, PTCOG Conference, Singapore, 2024
  17. S. Peet, S. Crowe, T. Kairn, “Performing Voxel-based Secondary Cancer Risk Calculations In A Commercial Treatment Planning System”, PTCOG Conference, Singapore, 2024
  18. 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
  19. 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
  20. 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
  21. T. Kairn, S. Crowe, “Apparent energy-independence of electron beam measurements achieved using ionisation chamber array”, ESTRO meets Asia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2024
  22. 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
  23. 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
  24. 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
  25. 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
  26. 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
  27. 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
  28. S. Crowe, M. Lathouras, C. Lancaster, T. Kairn, “Barium-contrasted bone-cements: impact on dosimetry”, ESTRO, online congress, 2020
  29. 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
  30. 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”.
  31. 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.
  32. 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.
  33. 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.
  34. 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.
  35. T. Kairn, R. Wilks, L. Yu, S. B. Crowe, “Monitoring total skin electron therapy using optically stimulated luminescence dosimeters”, ESTRO 38, Milan, Italy, 2019
  36. 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
  37. 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
  38. S. B. Crowe, T. Kairn, “Optimal assay sizes for intraoperatively planned iodine-125 brachytherapy”, Australasian Brachytherapy Group Annual Scientific Meeting, Brisbane, Australia, 2019
  39. 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
  40. 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
  41. 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
  42. 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
  43. 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
  44. 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
  45. T. Kairn, S. B. Crowe “Development of an experience-based end-to-end test”, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine, Adelaide, Australia, 2018
  46. T. Kairn, S. B. Crowe “Producing inserts for a commercial motion phantom using 3D printing”, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine, Adelaide, Australia, 2018
  47. 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
  48. 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
  49. 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
  50. 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
  51. 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
  52. 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
  53. 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
  54. 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
  55. 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
  56. 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
  57. 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
  58. 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
  59. 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
  60. T. Kairn, B. Sutherland, “Commissioning of desktop scanners for use in radiochromic film readout”, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine, Wellington, New Zealand, 2015
  61. 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
  62. S. B. Crowe, S. Sylvander, T. Kairn, “Spectrophotometric analysis of radiochromic film”, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine, Wellington, New Zealand, 2015
  63. 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
  64. 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
  65. 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
  66. 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
  67. 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
  68. 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
  69. 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
  70. 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
  71. 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
  72. 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
  73. 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
  74. 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
  75. 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
  76. 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
  77. 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
  78. 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
  79. 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
  80. 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
  81. 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
  82. 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
  83. 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
  84. 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
  85. S. Crowe, T. Kairn, A. Fielding, “Development of a Monte Carlo system to verify radiotherapy treatment dose calculations”, ESTRO, Maastricht 2009
  86. S. Crowe, T. Kairn and A. Fielding, “Monte Carlo Simulations of Radiotherapy Treatments”, Postgraduate Research Showcase, QUT, Brisbane 2007
  87. T. Kairn, D. Cassidy, P. Sandford and A. Fielding, “EPIDs for Radiotherapy Dosimetry: The Thickness Gauge”, ESTRO, Barcelona 2007
  88. T. Kairn, P.J. Daivis and I.K. Snook, “Poiseuille Flow of a Colloidal Fluid”, CRC for MicroTechnology Annual Conference, Melbourne 2003
  89. T. Kairn, P.J. Daivis and I.K. Snook, “Simple Polymers in Thin Channels”, CRC for MicroTechnology Student Workshop, Ballarat 2002
  90. 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