Conference presentations

  1. [last updated Mar 2026]
  2. E. Simpson-Page, R. Wilks, T. Kairn, S. Crowe, “Postal audit for all high dose-rate brachytherapy centers in Australia & New Zealand: lessons learned”, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine, Adelaide, Australia, 2022
  3. N. Yu, T. Kairn, S. Crowe, “Comparison of global and local gamma evaluation with isodose levels”, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine, Brisbane, Australia, 2021
  4. S. B. Crowe, W. Li, S. Cleland, E. Simpson-Page, N. Cassim, S.K. Maxwell, P. Charles, T. Kairn, “Development of 3D-printed radiotherapy shielding for superficial radiotherapy”, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine, Brisbane, Australia, 2021
  5. T. Kairn, A. Buddhavarapu, N. Cassim, P. H. Charles, L. Jessen, S. B. Crowe, “Lessons learnt on the road to fabricating materials that are bone-equivalent in both kilovoltage and megavoltage photon beams”, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine, Brisbane, Australia, 2021
  6. S. B. Crowe, J. Luscombe, T. Poroa, S. K. Maxwell, S. Cleland, T. Kairn, “Characterisation of Artec Leo 3D scanner for radiotherapy applications”, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine, Brisbane, Australia, 2021
  7. E. Spelleken, T. Kairn, S. Crowe, J. Hellyer, “Effects of air gaps when using 3D printed bolus for small field VMAT treatments”, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine, Brisbane, Australia, 2021
  8. T. Kairn, S. Cleland, J. Dawes, A. G. Livingstone, S. B. Crowe, “Patient-specific and modular oral positioning stents for potential use during head-and-neck radiotherapy treatments”, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine, Brisbane, Australia, 2021
  9. L. K. Webb, S. B. Crowe, L. Heseltine, P. H. Charles, T. Kairn, “3D printed tissue & bone equivalent anthropomorphic head phantom for electron beam validation”, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine, Brisbane, Australia, 2021
  10. S. B. Crowe, E. Simpson-Page, P. Charles, T. Kairn, “Commissioning a Monte Carlo model of a kilovoltage radiotherapy unit”, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine, Brisbane, Australia, 2021
  11. T. Kairn, P. C. W. Chan, L. Sim, S. B. Crowe, “Gravitational effects of patient rotation on the position of the eye within the orbit”, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine, Brisbane, Australia, 2021
  12. T. Kairn, S. B. Crowe, C. S. Bettington, “Mobility of the choroid plexus as observed in MRI images of the brain”, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine, Brisbane, Australia, 2021
  13. S. B. Crowe, E. Simpson-Page, J. Luscombe, R. Wilks, T. Kairn, “Superficial mould brachytherapy device design and treatment planning using 3D scanning data”, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine, virtual conference, Australia, 2020
  14. P. Charles, T. Kairn, S. B. Crowe, “Over-response of EBT3 film in lung phantoms irradiated with small fields”, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine, virtual conference, Australia, 2020
  15. 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.
  16. T. Kairn, S. Peet, A. Livingstone, “Monte Carlo calculations of radiotherapy dose in ‘‘homogeneous’’ anatomy”, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine, Perth, Australia, 2019.
  17. S. Crowe, M. Lathouras, C. Lancaster, T. Kairn, “Barium-contrasted bone-cements: impact on dosimetry”, European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology, Vienna, Austria, 2020.
  18. S. Crowe, T. Kairn, S. Sylvander, C. Lancaster, “Case study: the disappearing skull”, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine, Perth, Australia, 2019.
  19. T. Kairn, S. B. Crowe, “Electron radiotherapy and gas-filled temporary tissue expanders”, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine, Perth, Australia, 2019.
  20. 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
  21. T. Kairn, “The pros, cons, implications and future exploration needed in novel patient rotation systems for radiation therapy”, MRI in RT, Wollongong, Australia, 2018
  22. 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
  23. 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
  24. 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
  25. 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
  26. 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
  27. 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
  28. 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
  29. 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
  30. 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
  31. 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
  32. 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
  33. 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
  34. 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
  35. 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
  36. 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
  37. 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
  38. 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
  39. 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
  40. 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
  41. 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
  42. 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
  43. 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
  44. 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
  45. 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
  46. T. Kairn, S. B. Crowe, T. Markwell, “3D printing radiologically robust phantoms”, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine, Wellington, New Zealand, 2015
  47. 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
  48. 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
  49. S. B. Crowe, T. Kairn, “Women in medical physics: numbers in Australasia”, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine, Wellington, New Zealand, 2015
  50. 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
  51. 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
  52. 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
  53. 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
  54. 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
  55. 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
  56. 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
  57. 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
  58. 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
  59. 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
  60. 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
  61. 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
  62. 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
  63. 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
  64. 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
  65. 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
  66. 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
  67. 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
  68. 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
  69. 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
  70. 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
  71. 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
  72. 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
  73. T. Kairn, T. Aland, “Calibration of Radiochromic Film for Electron Radiotherapy Dosimetry”, World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Beijing 2012
  74. 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
  75. 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
  76. 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
  77. T. Kairn, S. B. Crowe, “In vivo EPID dosimetry in head and neck cases: A simple technique”, Electronic Patient Imaging (EPI2k12), Sydney 2012
  78. T. Kairn, N. Middlebrook, B. Hill, “Junction effects in RapidArc head and neck treatments “, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine Conference, Darwin 2011
  79. 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
  80. T. Kairn, J. Kenny J. V. Trapp, “Monte Carlo dosimetry for stereotactic radiosurgery”, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine Conference, Canberra 2009
  81. 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
  82. 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
  83. T. Kairn, D. Cassidy, A. L. Fielding, “Phantom scatter and the a-Si EPID”, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine Conference, Christchurch 2008
  84. J. Trapp, T. Kairn, S. Crowe, A. Fielding, “Calibration of radiotherapy dosimetry gels: A feasibility study”, DOSGEL Conference, Greece 2008
  85. T. Kairn, D. Cassidy, A. L. Fielding, “Scatter-primary ratio in an a-Si EPID, by MC simulation”, EPI2k8, San Francisco 2008
  86. T. Kairn, D. Cassidy, A. L. Fielding, “Radiological thickness as a measure of dose in an EPID”, EPI2k8, San Francisco 2008
  87. 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.
  88. 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
  89. 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
  90. 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
  91. T. Kairn, P.J. Daivis, M. McPhie and I.K. Snook, “Poiseuille Flow of Colloidal Fluids”, The XIVth International Congress on Rheology, Seoul 2004
  92. 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