STAFF PROFILE
Professor Peter Johnston
College / Portfolio:
School of Science
School / Department:
Applied Sciences
Email:
peter.johnston@rmit.edu.au
Campus:
Melbourne City Campus
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Research supervision
- Dunn, L.,Kron, T.,Johnston, P.,McDermott, L.,Taylor, M.,Callahan, J.,Franich, R. (2012). A programmable motion phantom for quality assurance of motion management in radiotherapy In: Australasian Physical & Engineering Sciences in Medicine, 35, 93 - 100
- Brady, Z.,Cain, T.,Johnston, P. (2012). Comparison of organ dosimetry methods and effective dose calculation methods for paediatric CT In: Australasian Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine, 35, 117 - 134
- Brady, Z.,RAMANAUSKAS, F.,CAIN, T.,Johnston, P. (2012). Assessment of paediatric CT dose indicators for the purpose of optimisation In: British Journal of Radiology, 85, 1488 - 1498
- Taylor, M.,Kairn, T.,Kron, T.,Dunn, L.,Johnston, P.,Franich, R. (2012). The influence of field size on stopping-power ratios in-and out-of-field: Quantitative data for the BrainLAB m3 micro-multileaf collimator In: Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, 13, 354 - 362
- Brady, Z.,Cain, T.,Johnston, P. (2012). Justifying referrals for paediatric CT In: Medical Journal of Australia, 197, 95 - 98
- Brady, Z.,Cain, T.,Johnston, P. (2011). Paediatric CT imaging trends in Australia In: Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology, 55, 132 - 142
- Brady, Z.,Cain, T.,Johnston, P. (2011). Differences in using the international commission on radiological protection's publications 60 and 103 for determining effective dose in paediatric CT examinations In: Radiation Measurements, 46, 2031 - 2034
- Kairn, T.,Kenny, J.,Crowe, S.,Fielding, A.,Franich, R.,Johnston, P.,Knight, R.,Langton, C.,Schlect, D.,Trapp, J. (2010). Technical note: Modeling a complex micro-multileaf collimator using the standard BEAMnrc distribution In: Medical Physics, 37, 1761 - 1767
- Taylor, M.,McDermott, L.,Johnston, P.,Haynes, M.,Ackerly, T.,Kron, T.,Franich, R. (2010). Stereotactic fields shaped with a micro-multileaf collimator: systematic characterization of peripheral dose In: Physics In Medicine And Biology, 55, 873 - 881
- Madebo, M.,Perkins, A.,Fox, C.,Johnston, P.,Kron, T. (2010). Study of X-ray field junction dose using an a-Si electronic portal imaging device In: Australasian Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine, 33, 45 - 50
- Analysis of low radiation dose outside of the treatment field received by cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy. Funded by: National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Project Grant Pre-2014 from (2009 to 2011)
- Chemistry of uranium extraction studies on the dissolution of uranium ores in a complex solution matrix. Funded by: ARC Linkage Project 2008 Round 2 from (2008 to 2012)
- Heavy Ion Beam Nanolithography. Funded by: Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering (AINSE) Research Grant pre-2014 from (2007 to 2007)
- Modelling of MMLC for medical physics. Funded by: RMIT Emerging Researcher Grants from (2007 to 2008)
- The Melbourne Nanofabrication Facility. Funded by: ARC Linkage Infrastructure Equipment and Facilities (LIEF) Grant from (2007 to 2008)
Note: Supervision projects since 2004
5 PhD Completions and 7 Masters by Research Completions
Ion beam physics, environmental radioactivity, health physics.