Conference presentations

  1. [last updated Dec 2019]
  2. K. Byrnes, T. Kairn, “Comparison and verification of multiple radiotherapy TPS in modelling radiation transport through a metal spine implant in a water equivalent phantom”, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine, Perth, Australia, 2019.
  3. T. Kairn, S. Peet, A. Livingstone, “Monte Carlo calculations of radiotherapy dose in ‘‘homogeneous’’ anatomy”, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine, Perth, Australia, 2019.
  4. S. Crowe, M. Lathouras, C. Lancaster, T. Kairn, “Barium-contrasted bone-cements: impact on dosimetry”, European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology, Vienna, Austria, 2020.
  5. S. Crowe, T. Kairn, S. Sylvander, C. Lancaster, “Case study: the disappearing skull”, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine, Perth, Australia, 2019.
  6. T. Kairn, S. B. Crowe, “Electron radiotherapy and gas-filled temporary tissue expanders”, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine, Perth, Australia, 2019.
  7. S. B. Crowe, Z. Pross, S. Nilsson, T. Kairn, C. M. Lancaster, “Monte Carlo derived correction for a non-water-equivalent brachytherapy applicator material”, Australasian Brachytherapy Group Annual Scientific Meeting, Brisbane, Australia, 2019
  8. T. Kairn, “The pros, cons, implications and future exploration needed in novel patient rotation systems for radiation therapy”, MRI in RT, Wollongong, Australia, 2018
  9. J. Rijken, T. Kairn, S. Crowe, J. Trapp, “Optimal treatment planning conditions for SBRT of spinal and lung tumours”, Asia-Oceania Congress of Medical Physics, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2018
  10. T. Kairn, “Suitability of vendor-recommended small field output factors in a post-TRS-483 world”, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine, Adelaide, Australia, 2018
  11. T. Kairn, “No research time, no research staff, and a hundred published papers: the horrors and the fun of sharing clinical medical physics work via the scientific literature”, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine, Adelaide, Australia, 2018
  12. T. Kairn, L. Yu, R. Wilks, C. Lancaster, S. B. Crowe, “In vivo measurements of skin dose from total skin electron therapy treatments”, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine, Adelaide, Australia, 2018
  13. T. Kairn, S. B. Crowe, S. C. Peet, “Linac leakage dose received by patients treated using non-coplanar radiotherapy beams”, World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Prague, Czech Republic, 2018
  14. D. Binny, C. M. Lancaster, T. Kairn, J. V. Trapp, S. B. Crowe, “Radiotherapy quality assurance using statistical process control”, World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Prague, Czech Republic, 2018
  15. S. B. Crowe, E. Whittle, C. Jones, T. Kairn “Measurement of tissue-maximum ratio and percentage depth-dose profiles in small fields”, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine, Adelaide, Australia, 2018
  16. S. B. Crowe, A. Dick, A. Livingstone, T. Kairn, S. R. Sylvander, “Observations made while commissioning a WOmed T300 superficial unit using ACPSEM working group recommendations”, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine, Adelaide, Australia, 2018
  17. S. B. Crowe, S. Sylvander, T. Kairn, “Radiotherapy dose measurements using a fluorescing quinine solution”, World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Prague, Czech Republic, 2018
  18. L. Yu, T. Kairn, S. B. Crowe, “Retrospective audit of patient specific quality assurance results obtained using helical diode arrays”, World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Prague, Czech Republic, 2018
  19. C. Milewski, S. C. Peet, S. R. Sylvander, S. B. Crowe, T. Kairn, “Optimising a radiotherapy optical surface monitoring system to account for the effects of patient skin contour and skin colour”, World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Prague, Czech Republic, 2018
  20. C. Milewski, R. Wilks, T. Kairn, S. Crowe, “The performance of metal artefact reduction algorithms, in comparison to megavoltage CT imaging“, Accuray Symposium, Sofitel Brisbane Central, Brisbane, Australia, 2018
  21. E. Spelleken, S. B. Crowe, B. Sutherland, C. Challens, T. Kairn, “Evaluation of published film dosimetry techniques”, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine, Hobart, Australia, 2017
  22. S. B. Crowe, S. R. Sylvander, T. Kairn, “Art and science: fluorescence dosimetry using household materials“, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine, Hobart, Australia, 2017
  23. C. Milewski, R. Wilks, T. Kairn, S. B. Crowe, “Evaluation of metal artefact reduction algorithms in radiotherapy treatments“, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine, Hobart, Australia, 2017
  24. T. L. S. Tang, A. Livingstone, D. Cassidy, S. B. Crowe, “Evaluating patient specific pre-treatment QA practices”, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine, Hobart, Australia, 2017
  25. S. Zolfaghari, K. E. Francis, T. Kairn, S. B. Crowe, “Testing the performance of a ScanNCut cutting system for radiochromic film preparation“, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine, Hobart, Australia, 2017
  26. A. Yin, J. Dawes, S. R. Sylvander, T. Kairn, S. B. Crowe, “Interplay effect for IMRT treatments of breast cancer”, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine, Hobart, Australia, 2017
  27. D. Binny, C. M. Lancaster, S. R. Sylvander, T. Kairn, J. V. Trapp, S. Crowe, “Efficiency of dose control system and quality assurance in Tomotherapy treatments”, International Conference on Medical Physics, Bangkok, Thailand, 2016
  28. A. Asena, S. T. Smith, T. Kairn, S. B. Crowe, K. Hosokawa, S. Sylvander, J. V. Trapp, “Measurement of radiation therapy beams in the vicinity of high density objects using optical gel dosimetry”, Australian Institute of Physics Congress, Brisbane, Australia, 2016
  29. A. Asena, S. T. Smith, T. Kairn, R. D. Franich, J. V. Trapp, “Reduction of artefacts caused by missing ray-sum data in optical-CT imaging of implants in gel dosimeters”, International Conference on 3D Radiation Dosimetry, Galveston, Texas, Australia, 2016
  30. T. Kairn, S. B. Crowe, “Verification and validation of in-house film dosimetry code”, 18th International Conference on the use of Computers in Radiation Therapy, London, United Kingdom, 2016
  31. O. Dancewicz, S. R. Sylvander, T. S. Markwell, S. B. Crowe, J. V. Trapp, [presented by T. Kairn] “Radiological properties of 3D printed materials in kilovoltage and megavoltage photon beams”, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine, Sydney, Australia, 2016
  32. S. B. Crowe, T. L. S. Tang, S. R. Sylvander, T. Kairn, “Measuring very small field output factors with a Roos chamber”, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine, Sydney, Australia, 2016
  33. T. Kairn, S. B. Crowe, T. Markwell, “3D printing radiologically robust phantoms”, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine, Wellington, New Zealand, 2015
  34. T. Kairn, S. Harris, Z. Moutrie, S. B. Crowe, “Achievable dose gradients in spinal radiotherapy treatments delivered via Tomotherapy”, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine, Wellington, New Zealand, 2015
  35. E. Bezak, R. Suchowerska, E. Claridge Mackonis, A. Ralston, L. Greig, A. Haworth, T. Kairn, N. Suchowerska, “Women in medical physics and biomedical engineering: the current status of female ACPSEM members in Australia and New Zealand”, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine, Wellington, New Zealand, 2015
  36. S. B. Crowe, T. Kairn, “Women in medical physics: numbers in Australasia”, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine, Wellington, New Zealand, 2015
  37. S. B. Crowe, B. Sutherland, R. Wilks, V. Seshadri, S. Sylvander, T. Kairn, “On the selection of gamma criteria”, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine, Wellington, New Zealand, 2015
  38. S. B. Crowe, P. Charles, T. Ireland, B. Sutherland, N. Middlebrook, K. Biggerstaff, M. Irvine, S. Critchley, T. Markwell, T. Kairn, “Initiatives of the ACPSEM Queensland branch”, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine, Wellington, New Zealand, 2015
  39. B. Perrett, P. H. Charles, T. Markwell, T. Kairn, S. B. Crowe, “3D printing of air slab caps for correction free small field dosimetry”, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine, Wellington, New Zealand, 2015
  40. T. Kairn, S. B. Crowe, T. Markwell, “Use of 3D printed materials as tissue-equivalent phantoms”, IUPESM 2015 World Congress on Medical Physics & Biomedical Engineering, Toronto, 2015
  41. T. Kairn, S. Ibrahim, E. Inness, S. B. Crowe, J. V. Trapp, “Suitability of diodes for point dose measurements in IMRT/VMAT beams”, IUPESM 2015 World Congress on Medical Physics & Biomedical Engineering, Toronto, 2015
  42. T. Kairn, S. B. Crowe, J. Mitchell, D. Schlect, J. V. Trapp, “Anatomical modelling of the pregnant radiotherapy patient”, IUPESM 2015 World Congress on Medical Physics & Biomedical Engineering, Toronto, 2015
  43. T. Kairn, J. Mitchell, S. B. Crowe, J. V. Trapp, “Interplay of MLC, gantry and respiratory motion during DCAT delivery”, IUPESM 2015 World Congress on Medical Physics & Biomedical Engineering, Toronto, 2015
  44. G. Cranmer-Sargison, P. H. Charles, T. Kairn, J. V. Trapp, D. I. Thwaites, “A systematic approach to standardising small field dosimetry in radiotherapy applications”, Canadian Association of Physics (CAP) Congress, Edmonton, 2015
  45. J. Anderson, T. Kairn, D. Papworth, D. Christie, S. Crowe, J. Frantzis, “An objective assessment of the complexity and dosimetric quality of intensity modulated radiation therapy and volumetric modulated arc therapy treatment plans or spinal and paraspinal lesions”, AIR, RANZCR & ACPSEM Combined Scientific Meeting, Melbourne, 2014
  46. T. Kairn, S. Crowe, “Towards an accurate calculation of foetal dose from external beam radiotherapy: Anatomical modelling of the pregnant patient”, AIR, RANZCR & ACPSEM Combined Scientific Meeting, Melbourne, 2014
  47. A. Asena, T. Kairn, S. B. Crowe, J. V. Trapp, “Photon beam dose distributions for patients with implanted temporary tissue expanders”, International Conference on 3D Radiation Dosimetry, Ystad, Sweden, 2014
  48. A. Asena, T. Kairn, S. B. Crowe, S. T. Smith, J. V. Trapp, “PAGAT gel dosimeters for dose distribution measurements in the vicinity of high-density implants: a preliminary study”, International Conference on 3D Radiation Dosimetry, Ystad, Sweden, 2014
  49. S. T. Smith, K. -S. Masters, K. Hosokawa, J. Blinco, S. B. Crowe, T. Kairn, J. V. Trapp, “A reduction of diffusion in PVA Fricke hydrogels”, International Conference on 3D Radiation Dosimetry, Ystad, Sweden, 2014
  50. S. T. Smith, T. Kairn, S. B. Crowe, A. Asena, J. V. Trapp, “Characterisation of the half-field beam penumbra for a variety of blocking set-ups”, International Conference on 3D Radiation Dosimetry, Ystad, Sweden, 2014
  51. T. Kairn, S. B. Crowe, J. V. Trapp, “Prostate radiotherapy treatment plan quality: effects of hip prostheses”, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine, Perth 2013
  52. T. Kairn, P. Charles, S. B. Crowe, J. V. Trapp, “The importance of accurate beam data measurement for SRT/SRS treatment planning”, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine, Perth 2013
  53. T. Kairn, P. Charles, S. B. Crowe, J. V. Trapp, “Effects of small field output factors on IMRT optimisation and dose calculation”, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine, Perth 2013
  54. P. Charles, G. Cranmer-Sargison, S. Crowe, T. Kairn, D. Thwaites, J. Trapp, “A practical and theoretical definition of ‘small field’”, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine, Perth 2013
  55. P. Charles, G. Cranmer-Sargison, S. Crowe, T. Kairn, D. Thwaites, J. Trapp, “A diode for correction-less small field output factor measurements”, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine, Perth 2013
  56. T. Kairn, S. B. Crowe, J. V. Trapp, “Predicting the likelihood of QA failure using treatment plan complexity metrics”, International Conference on the Use of Computers in Radiation Therapy, Melbourne 2013
  57. A. Asena, S. Crowe, T. Kairn, P.l Charles, L. Dunn, J. Trapp, “Investigating the Sensitivity of OSLD Responses for Varying Field Sizes Across Matched Linear Accelerators”, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine Conference, Gold Coast 2012
  58. P. H. Charles, S. B. Crowe, T. Kairn, J. Kenny, J. Lehmann, J. Lye, L. Dunn, B. Hill, R. T. Knight, C. M. Langton, J. V. Trapp, “The effect of very small air gaps on small field dosimetry”, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine Conference, Gold Coast 2012
  59. S. B. Crowe, C. M. Langton, J. V. Trapp, T. Kairn, N. D. Middlebrook, B. Hill, R. T. Knight, J. Kenny, “Development of a dose assessment tool for the auditing of radiotherapy treatment dosimetric quality”, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine Conference, Gold Coast 2012
  60. T. Kairn, T. Aland, “Calibration of Radiochromic Film for Electron Radiotherapy Dosimetry”, World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Beijing 2012
  61. T. Kairn, S. B. Crowe, J. V. Trapp, “A simple method for EPID-based in vivo dosimetry for radiotherapy treatments in the head-and-neck region”, World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Beijing 2012
  62. S. B. Crowe, T. Kairn, J. V. Trapp, A. L. Fielding, “Experimental Evaluation of MCDTK, the Monte Carlo DICOM Tool-Kit”, World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Beijing 2012
  63. S. B. Crowe, T. Kairn, J. V. Trapp, A. L. Fielding, “Monte Carlo evaluation of collapsed-cone convolution calculations in head and neck radiotherapy treatment plans”, World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Beijing 2012
  64. T. Kairn, S. B. Crowe, “In vivo EPID dosimetry in head and neck cases: A simple technique”, Electronic Patient Imaging (EPI2k12), Sydney 2012
  65. T. Kairn, N. Middlebrook, B. Hill, “Junction effects in RapidArc head and neck treatments “, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine Conference, Darwin 2011
  66. T. Kairn, M. L. Taylor, S. B. Crowe, L. Dunn, R. D. Franich, J. Kenny, R. T. Knight, J. V. Trapp, “Monte Carlo verification of gel dosimetry measurements for stereotactic radiotherapy”, International Workshop on Recent Advances in Monte Carlo Techniques for Radiation Therapy, Montreal 2011
  67. T. Kairn, J. Kenny J. V. Trapp, “Monte Carlo dosimetry for stereotactic radiosurgery”, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine Conference, Canberra 2009
  68. S. Crowe, T. Kairn, P. Sandford, C. Hargrave, A. Fielding, “The development of Monte Carlo techniques for the verification of radiotherapy treatments”, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine Conference, Christchurch 2008
  69. T. Kairn, A. L. Fielding, “Effect of CT electron density identification on Monte Carlo simulations of radiotherapeutic treatments”,Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine Conference, Christchurch, 2008
  70. T. Kairn, D. Cassidy, A. L. Fielding, “Phantom scatter and the a-Si EPID”, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine Conference, Christchurch 2008
  71. J. Trapp, T. Kairn, S. Crowe, A. Fielding, “Calibration of radiotherapy dosimetry gels: A feasibility study”, DOSGEL Conference, Greece 2008
  72. T. Kairn, D. Cassidy, A. L. Fielding, “Scatter-primary ratio in an a-Si EPID, by MC simulation”, EPI2k8, San Francisco 2008
  73. T. Kairn, D. Cassidy, A. L. Fielding, “Radiological thickness as a measure of dose in an EPID”, EPI2k8, San Francisco 2008
  74. T. Kairn, S. B. Crowe, C. Hargrave, A. L. Fielding, “From source to detector: Using data exported from Pinnacle to create and run Monte Carlo simulations of the entire radiotherapy treatment system”, 9th Australasian Pinnacle User Group Meeting, Terrigal 2008.
  75. T. Kairn, D. Cassidy, P. Sandford and A. Fielding, “The amorphous silicon electronic portal imaging device as a gauge for patient thickness: experiment vs. simulation”, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine Conference, Fremantle 2007
  76. T. Kairn, S. Crowe and A. Fielding, “Monte Carlo simulation of radiotherapy treatment beam generation: potentialities and limitations”,Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine Conference, Fremantle 2007
  77. T. Kairn, P.J. Daivis, M. McPhie and I.K. Snook, “Poiseuille flow of a polymer solution – a comparison between hydrodynamics and molecular dynamics”, Statistical Mechanics Meeting, University of Melbourne, Melbourne 2005
  78. T. Kairn, P.J. Daivis, M. McPhie and I.K. Snook, “Poiseuille Flow of Colloidal Fluids”, The XIVth International Congress on Rheology, Seoul 2004
  79. T. Kairn, P.J. Daivis, M.L. Matin and I.K. Snook, “Concentration dependence of viscometric properties of model short chain polymer solutions”, 14th International Symposium of Thermophysical Properties, Boulder 2003