Conference posters

  1. [last updated Dec 2019]
  2. 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”.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. T. Kairn, R. Wilks, L. Yu, S. B. Crowe, “Monitoring total skin electron therapy using optically stimulated luminescence dosimeters”, ESTRO 38, Milan, Italy, 2019
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. S. B. Crowe, T. Kairn, “Optimal assay sizes for intraoperatively planned iodine-125 brachytherapy”, Australasian Brachytherapy Group Annual Scientific Meeting, Brisbane, Australia, 2019
  11. 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
  12. 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
  13. 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
  14. 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
  15. 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
  16. 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
  17. T. Kairn, S. B. Crowe “Development of an experience-based end-to-end test”, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine, Adelaide, Australia, 2018
  18. T. Kairn, S. B. Crowe “Producing inserts for a commercial motion phantom using 3D printing”, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine, Adelaide, Australia, 2018
  19. 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
  20. 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
  21. 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
  22. 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
  23. 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
  24. 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
  25. 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
  26. 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
  27. 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
  28. 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
  29. 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
  30. 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
  31. 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
  32. T. Kairn, B. Sutherland, “Commissioning of desktop scanners for use in radiochromic film readout”, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine, Wellington, New Zealand, 2015
  33. 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
  34. S. B. Crowe, S. Sylvander, T. Kairn, “Spectrophotometric analysis of radiochromic film”, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine, Wellington, New Zealand, 2015
  35. 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
  36. 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
  37. 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
  38. 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
  39. 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
  40. 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
  41. 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
  42. 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
  43. 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
  44. 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
  45. 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
  46. 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
  47. 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
  48. 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
  49. 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
  50. 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
  51. 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
  52. 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
  53. 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
  54. 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
  55. 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
  56. 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
  57. S. Crowe, T. Kairn, A. Fielding, “Development of a Monte Carlo system to verify radiotherapy treatment dose calculations”, ESTRO, Maastricht 2009
  58. S. Crowe, T. Kairn and A. Fielding, “Monte Carlo Simulations of Radiotherapy Treatments”, Postgraduate Research Showcase, QUT, Brisbane 2007
  59. T. Kairn, D. Cassidy, P. Sandford and A. Fielding, “EPIDs for Radiotherapy Dosimetry: The Thickness Gauge”, ESTRO, Barcelona 2007
  60. T. Kairn, P.J. Daivis and I.K. Snook, “Poiseuille Flow of a Colloidal Fluid”, CRC for MicroTechnology Annual Conference, Melbourne 2003
  61. T. Kairn, P.J. Daivis and I.K. Snook, “Simple Polymers in Thin Channels”, CRC for MicroTechnology Student Workshop, Ballarat 2002
  62. 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