Associate Professor
Jamie Trapp
Faculty of Science,
School of Chemistry & Physics
Biography
I am a physicist with research interests which mainly focus on radiation detectors, radiation interactions, and how these apply to medicine. I have been involved in numerous research projects focusing on radiation measurement devices, imaging, radiation safety, and optimization of radiation fields used in medical applications. But really, I like to dabble in anything interesting.I completed my BSc in 1998 and BSc (Hons) in 1999 at QUT. I then worked at Queensland Health (Princess Alexandra Hospital) as a Medical Physicist before commencing my PhD back at QUT (completed 2003). The topic of my PhD was in CT imaging and radiation interactions in polymer gel dosimeters. In 2003 I was employed as a postdoctoral research scientist at the Institute of Cancer Research/Royal Marsden Hospital in London (Sutton), UK. During this time, I further developed gel dosimetry for the clinical environment. In 2004 I joined RMIT in Melbourne as an academic, and in 2007 joined QUT in Brisbane.
I am currently the Editor-In-Chief of the journal Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine, am a member of the Publications Committee of the International Organization for Medical Physics, and a member of the Australian Institute of Physics Accreditation Panel.
Personal details
Positions
- Associate Professor
Faculty of Science,
School of Chemistry & Physics
Keywords
Medical physics, Dosimetry, Radiation
Research field
Other Physical Sciences
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy (Queensland University of Technology)
Professional memberships and associations
- Australian Institute of Physics
- Australasian College of Physical Scientists and Engineers in Medicine
Teaching
Undergraduate
- PVB302 - Classical and Quantum Physics
- PVB303 - Nuclear and Particle Physics
- PVB102 - Physics of the Very Small
- PCB675 - Radiation Safety and Biology
- PVB304 - Physics Research
Postgraduate
- PCN211 - Physics of Medical Imaging
- PCN214 - Health and Occupational Physics
- PCN113 - Radiation Physics
Experience
Current Appointments
- Editor In Chief of Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine https://www.springer.com/journal/13246
- Member of Publications Committee of International Organization for Medical Physics https://www.iomp.org/
- Member of Accreditation Committee of Australian Institute of Physics https://www.aip.org.au/
Relevant Employment History
- 2007 - Present - Physics Academic at QUT
- 2004-2007 - Lecturer/Senior Lecturer at RMIT
- 2003-2004 - Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Institute of Cancer Research, London
- 2000-2003 - PhD Candidate
- 1999-2000 - Medical Physicist, Queensland Health
Publications
- Wilson-Stewart, K., Fontanarosa, D., Malacova, E. & Trapp, J. (2022). Impact of dose reducing software on patient and staff temple dose during fluoroscopically guided pacemaker insertion, closure devices implantation and coronary angiography procedures. Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine, 45(2), 589–599. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/230739
- Aland, T., Jones, M., Aho, J., Kairn, T. & Trapp, J. (2021). Modelling of a novel technique to improve the visualisation of implanted fiducial markers for intra-fraction MV imaging of prostate VMAT targets. Biomedical Physics and Engineering Express, 7(5). https://eprints.qut.edu.au/211979
- Rijken, J., Crowe, S., Trapp, J. & Kairn, T. (2020). A review of stereotactic body radiotherapy for the spine. Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine, 43(3), 799–824. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/202791
- Smith, S., Boase, N., Masters, K., Hosokawa, K., Asena, A., Crowe, S., Kairn, T. & Trapp, J. (2019). A very low diffusion Fricke gel dosimeter with functionalised Xylenol orange-PVA (XOPVA). Physics in Medicine and Biology, 64(20), 1–10. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/132562
- Binny, D., Mezzenga, E., Lancaster, C., Trapp, J., Kairn, T. & Crowe, S. (2017). Investigating output and energy variations and their relationship to delivery QA results using Statistical Process Control for helical tomotherapy. Physica Medica, 38, 105–110. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/106821
- Dancewicz, O., Sylvander, S., Markwell, T., Crowe, S. & Trapp, J. (2017). Radiological properties of 3D printed materials in kilovoltage and megavoltage photon beams. Physica Medica, 38, 111–118. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/106820
- Charles, P., Cranmer-Sargison, G., Thwaites, D., Crowe, S., Kairn, T., Knight, R., Kenny, J., Langton, C. & Trapp, J. (2014). A practical and theoretical definition of very small field size for radiotherapy output factor measurements. Medical Physics, 41(4), 1–8. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/68429
- Morales, J., Crowe, S., Hill, R., Freeman, N. & Trapp, J. (2014). Dosimetry of cone-defined stereotactic radiosurgery fields with a commercial synthetic diamond detector. Medical Physics, 41(11), 1–6. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/75952
- Crowe, S., Kairn, T., Kenny, J., Knight, R., Hill, B., Langton, C. & Trapp, J. (2014). Treatment plan complexity metrics for predicting IMRT pre-treatment quality assurance results. Australasian Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine, 37(3), 475–482. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/71383
- Taylor, M., Franich, R., Trapp, J. & Johnston, P. (2008). The effective atomic number of dosimetric gels. Australasian Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine, 31(2), 131–138. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/30710
QUT ePrints
For more publications by Jamie, explore their research in QUT ePrints (our digital repository).
Selected research projects
- Title
- Modelling and Characterisation of Radiation Beams Used in Radiotherapy
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- LP110100401
- Start year
- 2011
- Keywords
- Medical Physics; Radiation Dosimetry
- Title
- Monitoring Tumour Movement During Radiotherapy by 4D Ultrasound Imaging
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- 614217
- Start year
- 2010
- Keywords
- Image Guided Radiotherapy; Ultrasound; Robitic Intervention; Radiation Dosimetry Phantom; Organ/Tumor Motion Tracking
- Title
- Improving Outcomes of Radiotherapy Treatments through In-vivo Dosimetric Verification
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- 553012
- Start year
- 2009
- Keywords
- Radiotherapy; Cancer; Radiation Measurement; Dosimetry; Electronic Portal Imaging Devices
Projects listed above are funded by Australian Competitive Grants. Projects funded from other sources are not listed due to confidentiality agreements.
Supervision
Current supervisions
- Improving image quality of Gamma Knife® Icon™ cone-beam computed tomography images using deep-learning
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Associate Professor Andrew Fielding - Development of a High Resolution 4D Real-time Radiotherapy Dosimetry System
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Timothy Moroney, Associate Professor Andrew Fielding - Understanding and Exploiting Piezoelectricity in Collagen
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Cameron Brown, Professor Jennifer MacLeod - Methods of dose evaluation in patient specific quality assurance for contemporary radiation therapy
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Adjunct Professor Scott Crowe, Dr Konstantin Momot
Completed supervisions (Doctorate)
- Factors Which Influence Occupational and Patient Radiation Dose Levels to the Brain and Eyes of Nursing and Other Staff Within Angiographic Suites (2022)
- Out-of-field dosimetry in contemporary radiation therapy (2022)
- Quality Assurance of Complex Radiotherapy Treatments Using High-Resolution 2D Dosimeters (2022)
- Improvements to the Delivery and Treatment Planning of Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy (2020)
- Advances in Very Small X-Ray Field Dosimetry for Circular Cones Used in Stereotactic Radiosurgery (2019)
- Radiotherapy Quality Assurance Using Statistical Process Control (2019)
- Development of Gel Dosimetry for Radiotherapy (2017)
- Dosimetry in the vicinity of high-density materials in radiotherapy (2017)
- Mega Voltage Cone Beam Computed Tomography with a Standard Medical Linear Accelerator (2015)
- Very Small Field Dosimetry (2014)