Aaron Kyle Jones, Ph.D.
Department of Imaging Physics, Division of Diagnostic Imaging
About Dr. Jones
Dr. Jones has published over 70 peer-reviewed articles. In 2013 he won the American Association of Physicists in Medicine’s Farrington Daniels Award for the best paper on dosimetry published in Medical Physics, the journal of the association. He served as president of the Southwest Chapter of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine in 2012.
Dr. Jones regularly lectures at national and international conferences, has organized several conferences, served as faculty for hands-on workshops, and written several book chapters. He has mentored numerous clinical residents and fellows. He has worked as a collaborator on several grants funded by professional societies and industry, and is currently a collaborator on an NIH R01 titled "Anatomical Modeling to Improve the Precision of Image Guided Liver Ablation."
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Professor, Department of Imaging Physics, Division of Diagnostic Imaging, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Dual/Joint/Adjunct Appointment
Associate Member, The University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (UT-GSBS) at Houston, Houston, TX
Adjunct Professor, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center School of Health Professions (SHP) at Houston, Houston, TX
Research Interests
Radiation doses from interventional procedures Image-guided ablation Interventional radiology and intraoperative imaging
Clinical Interests
Patient safety in medical imaging Interventional radiology and cardiology Informatics
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
| 2006 | University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA, PHD, Medical Physics - Dissertation Title: Dose versus image quality in pediatric radiology: Studies using a tomographic newborn physical phantom with an incorporated dosimetry system |
| 2003 | University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA, MS, Medical Physics |
| 2001 | Furman University, Greenville, SC, USA, BS, Physics |
Board Certifications
| 2009 | American Board of Radiology - Diagnostic Medical Physics |
| 2009 | Mammography Quality Standards Act (MQSA) certified |
Experience & Service
Academic Appointments
Associate Professor, Department of Imaging Physics, Division of Diagnostic Imaging, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2015 - 2021
Assistant Professor, Department of Imaging Physics, Division of Diagnostic Imaging, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2009 - 2015
Instructor, Department of Imaging Physics, Division of Diagnostic Imaging, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2006 - 2009
Institutional Committee Activities
Member, UT-GSBS Medical Physics Program Steering Committee, 2013 - 2019
Chair, Ad Hoc Fluoroscopy Privileging Committee, 2013 - 2014
Chair, Fluoroscopy Radiation Protocol Committee, 2013 - 2015
Member, Radiation Safety Committee, 2009 - Present
Honors & Awards
| 2016 | Best Poster Award, World Congress of Interventional Oncology (WCIO) |
| 2015 | Board of Directors Award for Meritorious Service, Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors |
| 2013 | Farrington Daniels Award - Best Paper on Radiation Dosimetry in Medical Physics, American Association of Physicists in Medicine |
| 2005 | American Nuclear Society (ANS) Graduate Scholarship, American Nuclear Society |
| 2003 | Eminent Young Scientist of the Year, International Research Promotion Council |
| 2003 | J. Newell Stannard Fellowship, Health Physics Society |
| 2002 | Outstanding Presenter at Florida chapter of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (FL-AAPM) meeting |
| 1999 | South Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities Research Grant |
Professional Memberships
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Parikh JR, Geise RA, Bluth EI, Bender CE, Sze G, Jones AK, Human Resources Commission of the American College of Radiology. Potential Radiation-Related Effects on Radiologists. AJR Am J Roentgenol 208(3):595-602, 2017. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 28004978.
- Fave X, Zhang L, Yang J, Mackin D, Balter P, Gomez D, Followill D, Jones AK, Stingo F, Court LE. Impact of image preprocessing on the volume dependence and prognostic potential of radiomics features in non-small cell lung cancer. Translational Cancer Research 5(4):349-363, 2016.
- Steele JR, Jones AK, Clarke RK, Giordano SH, Shoemaker S. Oncology Patient Perceptions of the Use of Ionizing Radiation in Diagnostic Imaging. J Am Coll Radiol 13(7):768-774.e2, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27184856.
- Jones AK, Pasciak AS, Wagner LK. Sensitivity of the diagnostic radiological index of protection to procedural factors in fluoroscopy. Med Phys 43(7):4133, 2016. PMID: 27370133.
- Fave X, Mackin D, Yang J, Zhang J, Fried D, Balter P, Followill D, Gomez D, Jones AK, Stingo F, Fontenot J, Court L. Can radiomics features be reproducibly measured from CBCT images for patients with non-small cell lung cancer?. Med Phys 42(12):6784-97, 2015. PMID: 26632036.
- Mackin D, Fave X, Zhang L, Fried D, Yang J, Taylor B, Rodriguez-Rivera E, Dodge C, Jones AK, Court L. Measuring computed tomography scanner variability of radiomics features. Invest Radiol 50(11):757-765, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26115366.
- Jones AK, Heintz P, Geiser W, Goldman L, Jerjian K, Martin M, Peck D, Pfeiffer D, Ranger N, Yorkston J. Ongoing quality control in digital radiography: Report of AAPM Imaging Physics Committee Task Group 151. Med Phys 42(11):6658-70, 2015. PMID: 26520756.
- Tam AL, Ensor JE, Zvavanjanja RC, Philip A, Abdelsalam ME, Huang SY, Gupta S, Jones AK. JOURNAL CLUB: Standardizing CT-Guided Biopsy Procedures: Patient Dose and Image Noise. AJR Am J Roentgenol 205(4):W390-9, 2015. PMID: 26397346.
- Steele JR, Jones AK, Clarke RK, Shoemaker S. Health Care Delivery Meets Hospitality: A Pilot Study in Radiology. J Am Coll Radiol 12(6):587-93, 2015. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 25533732.
- Wait JM, Cody D, Jones AK, Rong J, Baladandayuthapani V, Kappadath SC. Performance Evaluation of Material Decomposition With Rapid-Kilovoltage-Switching Dual-Energy CT and Implications for Assessing Bone Mineral Density. AJR Am J Roentgenol 204(6):1234-41, 2015. PMID: 26001233.
- Pasciak AS, Jones AK, Wagner LK. Application of the diagnostic radiological index of protection to protective garments. Med Phys 42(2):653-62, 2015. PMID: 25771561.
- Steele JR, Jones AK, Ninan EP, Clarke RK, Odisio BC, Avritscher R, Murthy R, Mahvash A. Why Bundled Payments Could Drive Innovation: An Example From Interventional Oncology. J Oncol Pract. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25604596.
- Pasciak AS, Bourgeois AC, Jones AK. C-arm rotation as a method for reducing peak skin dose in interventional cardiology. Open Heart 1:e000141, 2014.
- Sechopoulos I, Sabol JM, Berglund J, Bolch WE, Brateman L, Christodoulou E, Flynn M, Geiser W, Goodsitt M, Jones AK, Lo JY, Maidment AD, Nishino K, Nosratieh A, Ren B, Paul Segars W, Von Tiedemann M. Radiation dosimetry in digital breast tomosynthesis: Report of AAPM Tomosynthesis Subcommittee Task Group 223. Med Phys 41(9):091501, 2014. PMID: 25186375.
- Jones AK, Ensor JE, Pasciak AS. How accurately can the peak skin dose in fluoroscopy be determined using indirect dose metrics?. Med Phys 41(7):071913, 2014. PMID: 24989391.
- Mueller JW, Vining DJ, Jones AK, Followill D, Johnson VE, Bhosale P, Rong J, Cody DD. In vivo CT dosimetry during CT colonography. AJR Am J Roentgenol 202(4):703-10, 2014. PMID: 24660695.
- Fritz S, Jones AK. Guidelines for anti-scatter grid use in pediatric digital radiography. Pediatr Radiol 44(3):313-21, 2014. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 24281685.
- Jones AK, Balter S, Rauch P, Wagner LK. Medical imaging using ionizing radiation: Optimization of dose and image quality in fluoroscopy. Med Phys 41(1):014301, 2014. PMID: 24387534.
- Pasciak AS, Jones AK. Time to take the gloves off: The use of radiation reduction gloves can greatly increase patient dose. J Appl Clin Med Phys 15(6):351-359, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 25493525.
- Jones AK, Wagner LK. On the (f)utility of measuring the lead equivalence of protective garments. Med Phys 40(6):063902, 2013. PMID: 23718618.
- Andriole KP, Ruckdeschel TG, Flynn MJ, Hangiandreou NJ, Jones AK, Krupinski E, Seibert JA, Shepard SJ, Walz-Flannigan A, Mian TA, Pollack MS. ACR-AAPM-SIIM Practice Guideline for Digital Radiography. Journal of Digital Imaging 26(1):26-37, 2013. PMID: 22992867.
- Jones AK, Mahvash A. Evaluation of the potential utility of flat panel CT for quantifying relative contrast enhancement. Med Phys 39(7):4149-54, 2012. PMID: 22830748.
- Pasciak AS, Jones AK. PShield: An exact 3-dimensional numerical solution for determining optimal shielding designs for PET/CT facilities. Med Phys 39(6):3060-3069, 2012.
- Jones AK, Pasciak AS. Calculating the peak skin dose resulting from fluoroscopically guided interventions. Part II: Case studies. Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics 13(1):174-186, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22231220.
- Jones AK, Pasciak AS. Calculating the peak skin dose resulting from fluoroscopically guided interventions. Part I: Methods. Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics 12(4):231-244, 2011.
- Jones AK, Polman R, Willis CE, Shepard SJ. One year’s results from a server-based system for performing reject analysis and exposure analysis in computed radiography. J Digit Imaging 24(2):243-55, 2011. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 19885636.
- Pasciak AS, Jones AK. Does "spreading" skin dose by rotating the C-arm during an intervention work?. J Vasc Interv Radiol 22(4):443-52; quiz 453, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21367618.
- Pasciak AS, Jones AK. Non-destructive measurement of the grid ratio using a single image. Med Phys 36(10):4720-4725, 2009. PMID: 19928103.
- Shah C, Jones AK, Willis CE. Consequences of modern anthropometric dimensions for radiographic techniques and patient radiation exposures. Med Phys 35(8):3616-25, 2008. PMID: 18777922.
- Jones AK, Hintenlang DE. Potential clinical utility of a fibre optic-coupled dosemeter for dose measurement in diagnostic radiology. Radiat Prot Dosim 132(1):80-87, 2008.
- Jones AK, Simon TA, Bolch WE, Holman MM, Hintenlang DE. A tomographic physical phantom of the newborn child with real-time dosimetry. I. Methods and techniques for construction. Med Phys 33(9):3274-82, 2006. PMID: 17022222.
- Staton RJ, Jones AK, Lee C, Hintenlang DE, Arreola MM, Williams JL, Bolch WE. A tomographic physical phantom of the newborn child with real-time dosimetry. II. Scaling factors for calculation of mean organ dose in pediatric radiography. Med Phys 33(9):3283-89, 2006. PMID: 17022223.
- Jones AK, Pazik FD, Hintenlang DE, Bolch WE. MOSFET dosimeter depth-dose measurements in heterogeneous tissue-equivalent phantoms at diagnostic x-ray energies. Med Phys 32(10):3209-13, 2005. PMID: 16279074.
- Jones AK, Hintenlang DE, Bolch WE. Tissue-equivalent materials for construction of tomographic dosimetry phantoms in pediatric radiology. Med Phys 30(8):2072-81, 2003. PMID: 12945973.
- Kepler SO, Nather RE, Winget DE, Nitta A, Kleinman SJ, Metcalf, T, Sekiguchi K, Xiaojun J, Sullivan D, Sullivan T, Janulis R, Meistas E, Kalytis R, Krzesinski J, Ogoza W, Zola S, O'Donoghue D, Romero-Colmenero E, Martinez P, Dreizler S, Deetjen J, Nagel T, Schuh SL, Vauclair G, Ning FJ, Chevreton M, Solheim J-E, Gonzalez Perez JM, Johannessen F, Kanaan A, Costa JE, Murillo Costa AF, Wood MA, Silvestri N, Ahrens TJ, Jones AK, Collins AE, Boyer M, Shaw JS, Mukadam A, Klumpe EW, Larrison J, Kawaler S, Riddle R, Ulla A, Bradley P. The everchanging pulsating white dwarf GD358. Astronomy and Astrophysics 401:639-54, 2003.
- Kepler SO, Nather RE, Winget DE, Nitta A, Kleinman SJ, Metcalf, T, Sekiguchi K, Xiaojun J, Sullivan D, Sullivan T, Janulis R, Meistas E, Kalytis R, Krzesinski J, Ogoza W, Zola S, O'Donoghue D, Romero-Colmenero E, Martinez P, Dreizler S, Deetjen J, Nagel T, Schuh SL, Vauclair G, Ning FJ, Chevreton M, Solheim J-E, Gonzalez Perez JM, Johannessen F, Kanaan A, Costa JE, Murillo Costa AF, Wood MA, Silvestri N, Ahrens TJ, Jones AK, Collins AE, Boyer M, Shaw JS, Mukadam A, Klumpe EW, Larrison J, Kawaler S, Riddle R, Ulla A, Bradley P. WET observations of GD 358 in 2000. Baltic Astronomy 12:45-53, 2003.
Invited Articles
- Jones AK, Pasciak AS. Improving Safety and Reducing Harm from Fluoroscopy. Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare 12(4):33-37, 2015.
- Steele JR, Jones AK, Ninan EP. Quality initiatives: establishing an interventional radiology patient radiation safety program. Radiographics 32(1):277-87, 2012. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 22095315.
- Jones AK. Book Review: Medical Imaging Informatics. J Nucl Med 51(10):1653-1654, 2010. e-Pub 2009.
- Jones AK, Palmans H, Orton CG. Point/counterpoint. Medical physics should adopt double-blind peer review of all manuscripts. Med Phys 37(10):5151-4, 2010. PMID: 21089748.
Book Chapters
- Jones AK. Fluoroscopic imaging systems. In: Diagnostic Radiology Physics: A Handbook for Teachers and Students. 1st. International Atomic Energy Agency: Vienna, Austria, 2014.
- Jones AK. Radiation Protection During CT-Guided Interventions. In: Percutaneous Image-Guided Biopsy. 1st. Springer: New York, 33-38, 2013.
Letters to the Editor
- Jones AK. Comments on "A randomized study comparing the use of a pelvic lead shield during trans-radial interventions: Threefold decrease in radiation to the operator but double exposure to the patient". Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 86: 958-9, 2015.
- Jones AK, Pasciak AS. Comments on “Evaluation of a Noise Reduction Imaging Technology in Iliac Digital Subtraction Angiography: Noninferior Clinical Image Quality with Lower Patient and Scatter Dose”. Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology 26: 1419-1420, 2015.
Grant & Contract Support
| Title: | Interventional Radiology Patient Radiation Dose Passport |
| Funding Source: | Society of Interventional Radiology Foundation |
| Role: | Collaborator |
| Title: | Feasibility of using dual energy CT (DECT) for measuring contrast enhancement in single phase CT exams |
| Funding Source: | GE Healthcare |
| Role: | Co-Principal Investigator |
| Title: | MD Anderson Jones Oncology Dose Study AX |
| Funding Source: | Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc |
| Role: | Principal Investigator |
| Title: | Anatomical Modeling to Improve the Precision of Image Guided Liver Ablation |
| Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
| Role: | Co-Investigator |
Patient Reviews
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