Tucker Netherton, PhD, DMP
Department of Radiation Physics, Division of Radiation Oncology
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Physics, Division of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Dual/Joint/Adjunct Appointment
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas
Affiliate Faculty, Department of Institute of Data Science in Oncology (IDSO), The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
Associate Faculty, Department of Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
| 2021 | University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, Texas, US, Medical Physics, Ph.D |
| 2016 | Vanderbilt School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, US, Medical Physics, DMP (Doctor of Medical Physics) |
| 2014 | Vanderbilt Scholl of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, US, Therapeutic Medical Physics, M.S |
| 2012 | University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, US, Physics, B.S |
Licenses & Certifications
| 2020 | Texas Medical Board |
| 2018 | American Board of Radiology, Therapeutic Radiologic Physics |
Experience & Service
Extramural Institutional Committee Activities
Radiation Physics Faculty Research Laision, The Clinical Research Council, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2021 - Present
Member, Radiation Physics Automation Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2021 - Present
Honors & Awards
| 2025 | Best Oral Presentation Award, The IAEA Secretariat of ICARO-4 |
| 2025 - Present | NIH Mentored Researcher Loan Repayment Program Awardee, National Institute of Health |
| 2025 - Present | BraTS-Lighthouse 2025 3rd place Pre- and Post-Treatment Adult Glioma Segmentation Challenge |
| 2023 | NIH Mentored Researcher Loan Repayment Program Awardee, National Institute of Health |
| 2022 | NIH Mentored Researcher Loan Repayment Program Awardee |
| 2021 | Young Investigator: AAPM Southwest Chapter 2021, AAPM Southwest Chapter |
| 2020 | AAPM Grand Challenge: Open Knowledge-Based Planning Challenge, AAPM |
| 2020 | Endowed Scholarship, Fadine J. Roquemore Endowed Scholarship |
| 2020 | Fellowship, Larry Deaven PhD Fellowship in Biomedical Sciences |
| 2020 | Mentorship Program, MICCAI 2020 Mentorship Program |
| 2019 | Education Representative, GSBS Medical Physics Student Council |
| 2018 | GSBS Student Science Writing Winner, UT MD Anderson |
| 2018 | Young Investigator Presentation Winner, AAPM Southwest Chapter |
Professional Memberships
Selected Presentations & Talks
Local Presentations
- 2025. Global Radiation Oncology: Using AI for staffing and resource shortages. Invited. Keck Seminar. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2024. Health Equity and the Radiation Planning Assistant. Invited. 2024 Rice-TMC Health Equity Workshop. Houston, TX, US.
- 2023. Innovations for Global Radiotherapy. Invited. MD Anderson and UT Southwestern Advanced Imaging Symposium. Houston, Texas, US.
Regional Presentations
- 2025. Introduction of the AI role in innovation of Radiotherapy Contouring. Invited, US.
- 2025. Adoption of the provisional draft of the Prostate contouring CRP Protocol. Invited, US.
- 2024. AI for Global Rad Onc - The Radiation Planning. Invited. UAB Symposium AI in Medicine and Nursing. Birmingham, AL, US.
- 2023. Artificial intelligence in the head and neck. Conference. Practical Big Data Workshop. Ann Arbor, MI, US.
- 2022. Artificial Intelligence in Automated Quality Assurance. Conference. Artificial Intelligence in Automated Quality Assurance, US.
- 2019. Commissioning and QA for a New Jawless Linac Using TG-244. Conference. Commissioning and QA for a New Jawless Linac Using TG-244, FL, US.
National Presentations
- 2024. Basic Concepts and Terminology in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. Invited. AI for Clinical Medical Physicists, Special Session of the AAPM. Los Angeles, CA, US.
- 2023. Streamlining external beam treatment planning for low- and middle-income country settings. Conference. Streamlining external beam treatment planning for low- and middle-income country settings. Houston, TX, US.
- 2023. Autosegmentation in Radiotherapy: Understanding Fundamentals, Benefits, and Risk. Invited. American Association of Physicists in Medicine. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2021. Cancer Care for All: Automated Treatment Planning. Conference. American Association of Physicists in Medicine, US.
- 2018. Commissioning the Halcyon Linear Accelerator. Conference. Commissioning the Halcyon Linear Accelerator, US.
- 2018. Commissioning the Halcyon Linear Accelerator. Conference. 11th Annual Quality Assurance and Dosimetry Symposium, FL, US.
International Presentations
- 2025. Introduction of the AI role in innovation of Radiotherapy Contouring. Invited. International Atomic Energy Agency. Vienna, AT.
- 2025. What is AI?. Invited. 61st congress of the South African Association of Physicists in Medicine and Biology. uMhlanga, ZA.
- 2025. Ethics in AI for Medical Physicists. Invited. 61st congress of the South African Association of Physicists in Medicine and Biology. uMhlanga, ZA.
- 2025. The Future of AI for Medical Physicists. Invited. 61st congress of the South African Association of Physicists in Medicine and Biology. uMhlanga, ZA.
- 2025. Pre-and Post-Treatment Adult Glioma Segmentation Challenge. Invited. MICCAI, US.
- 2025. Empowering Future Leaders in Cancer Care: VR & AI for Transforming Cancer Care in LMICs. Invited. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). Kumasi, GH.
- 2025. A method to expedite quality assurance of head and neck clinical target volumes with lymph node level detection. Invited. ICARO IAEA. Vienna, AT.
- 2023. The Radiation Planning Assistant: Developing an Automated Treatment Planning Resource through Collaborative Science. Invited. Africa Organization for Research and Training in Cancer (AORTIC). Dakar, SN.
- 2022. Radiation Planning Assistant: Automated Spine Planning. Invited. Greater Horn Oncology Symposium. Dar es Salaam, TZ.
Grant & Contract Support
| Date: | 2025 - Present |
| Title: | Improving radiotherapy quality for rare cancers |
| Funding Source: | DOD |
| Role: | Co-PI |
| ID: | GRANT14256772 |
| Date: | 2024 - Present |
| Title: | CASPER: A CLOUD-BASED, AUTOMATED SPECIALIZED PEER REVIEW SYSTEM |
| Funding Source: | NCI |
| Role: | PI |
| ID: | 2L30CA274754-02 |
| Date: | 2024 - 2024 |
| Title: | Adaptation and Implementation of AI-based automated radiotherapy planning to maximize clinical acceptability and global impact |
| Funding Source: | NCI |
| Role: | Co-PI |
| ID: | U01CA292748 |
| Date: | 2024 - 2024 |
| Title: | Decoding target delineation from multi-modal images: a prospective investigation for oropharyngeal cancer radiotherapy" |
| Funding Source: | TBD |
| Role: | Co-PI |
| Date: | 2024 - 2024 |
| Title: | Probabilistic reconstruction of CT volumes from few planar radiographs: deep generative model development and initial clinical assessment for radiotherapy |
| Funding Source: | NIH |
| Role: | Co-PI |
| ID: | R21EB034864 |
| Date: | 2024 - Present |
| Title: | Developing Automated tools for Cervical Cancer Radiotherapy Treatment for Zambian Women living with HIV (Biospecimen/Cohort) |
| Funding Source: | NIH |
| Role: | PI |
| ID: | P30CA016672 |
| Date: | 2022 - 2024 |
| Title: | CASPER: A CLOUD-BASED, AUTOMATED SPECIALIZED PEER REVIEW SYSTEM |
| Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
| Role: | PI |
| ID: | 1L30CA274754-01 |
| Title: | Topography based treatment planning to improve access to radiotherapy for women across Africa |
| Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
| Role: | PI |
| ID: | 1R21CA274601-01A1 |
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Yoder A, Netherton T, Wang X, Lim T, Wang C, Luo D, Wang C, Thrower S, Nguyen C, Lyu H, Scally C, Roland C, Mitra D, Bishop A, Farooqi A, Guadagnolo BA. The Impact of Radiation Dose to Bowel on the Risk of Developing Gastrointestinal Toxicities When Treating Abdominopelvic Soft-Tissue Sarcomas With Preoperative Radiation Therapy. Adv Radiat Oncol 11(2):101953, 2026. e-Pub 2026. PMID: 41492444.
- Court LE, Smit J, Strauss L, Shaw W, Marais A, Trauernicht C, Joubert N, Smith E, Badre S, Lazarus GL, Khotle T, Netherton L, van Heerden W, Cardenas C, Serban M, Seuntjens J, Chung CV, Govyadinov P, Khan M, Nair S, Netherton T, Zhang L. Leveraging large language models for heuristic usability assessment of medical software: Insights with the Radiation Planning Assistant. J Appl Clin Med Phys 27(2):e70495, 2026. e-Pub 2026. PMID: 41708070.
- Gay SS, Gronberg MP, Mumme R, Beadle BM, Jhingran A, Lim TY, Yu ZH, Chung C, Khan M, Pinnix C, Shete S, Parker B, Netherton TJ, Cardenas CE, Court LE. Intentional creation of suboptimal, realistic dose distributions. J Appl Clin Med Phys 26(11):e70305, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 41144809.
- Glenn R, Netherton T, Celaya A, Eltaher M, Riviere B, Koay EJ, Fuentes D. Evaluation of quantum contouring algorithms for treatment planning on MR abdominal images. Frontiers in Oncology Production Office, 2025. e-Pub 2025.
- Dykstra, MP, Netherton, T, Lasebikan, N, Ndoli, DA, Kibudde, S, Mohammed, BA, Balter, PA, Melancon, AD, Roberts, D, Shah, JL, Coleman, J, Kitonyi, MN, Mallum, A, Lazarus, GL, Waweru, AK, Shaw, W, Hawley, ST, Wallner, LP, Court, LE. A Pilot Study of Computed Tomography Simulator Downtime at an African Cancer Conference. International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics 122(5):1090-1094, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40020936.
- Netherton, T, Duprez, D, Patel, T, Cifter, G, Court, LE, Trauernicht, C, Aggarwal, A. External validation of an algorithm to detect vertebral level mislabeling and autocontouring errors. Physics and Imaging in Radiation Oncology 34, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40129727.
- Yu, C, Gay, SS, Gupta, AC, Martin, RM, Ludmir, EB, Zhao, Y, Duryea, J, Chen, X, Cardenas, CE, Yang, J, Koong, A, Netherton, T, Rhee, DJ, Court, LE. Uncertainty-guided pancreatic tumor auto-segmentation with Tversky ensemble. Physics and Imaging in Radiation Oncology 34, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40276495.
- Govyadinov, P, Layman, RR, Netherton, T, Mumme, R, Jones, AK, Court, LE, Ahmad, M. Robust automated method of spatial resolution measurement in radiotherapy CT simulation images. Journal of applied clinical medical physics 26(3), 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 39946267.
- Baroudi, H, Che Fru, L, Schofield, D, Roniger, DL, Nguyen, C, Hancock, D, Chung, CV, Beadle, BM, Gifford, KA, Netherton, T, Niedzielski, JS, Melancon, AD, Muruganandham, M, Khan, M, Shaitelman, SF, Shete, S, Murina, P, Venencia, D, Thengumpallil, S, Vrieling, C, Zhang, J, Mitchell, MP, Court, LE. An automated treatment planning portfolio for whole breast radiotherapy. Medical physics 52(3):1779-1788, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 39699058.
- Glenn, R, Netherton, T, Celaya, A, Eltaher, M, Rivière, B, Koay, EJ, Fuentes, DA. Evaluation of quantum contouring algorithms for treatment planning on MR abdominal images. Frontiers in Oncology 15, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40842581.
- Twam A, Celaya A, Lim E, Elsayes K, Fuentes D, Netherton T. Head and Neck Gross Tumor Volume Automatic Segmentation Using PocketNet. Head Neck Tumor Segm MR Guid Appl (2024) 15273:241-249, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40495855.
- Patel N, Celaya A, Eltaher M, Glenn R, Savannah KB, Brock KK, Sanchez JI, Calderone TL, Cleere D, Elsaiey A, Cagley M, Gupta N, Victor D, Beretta L, Koay EJ, Netherton TJ, Fuentes DT. Training robust T1-weighted magnetic resonance imaging liver segmentation models using ensembles of datasets with different contrast protocols and liver disease etiologies. Sci Rep 14(1):20988, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39251664.
- Sjogreen C, Netherton TJ, Lee A, Soliman M, Gay SS, Nguyen C, Mumme R, Vazquez I, Rhee DJ, Cardenas CE, Martel MK, Beadle BM, Court LE. Landmark-based auto-contouring of clinical target volumes for radiotherapy of nasopharyngeal cancer. J Appl Clin Med Phys 25(9):e14474, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39074490.
- Marquez B, Wooten ZT, Salazar RM, Peterson CB, Fuentes DT, Whitaker TJ, Jhingran A, Pollard-Larkin J, Prajapati S, Beadle B, Cardenas CE, Netherton TJ, Court LE. Analyzing the Relationship between Dose and Geometric Agreement Metrics for Auto-Contouring in Head and Neck Normal Tissues. Diagnostics (Basel) 14(15), 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39125508.
- Skett S, Patel T, Duprez D, Gupta S, Netherton T, Trauernicht C, Aldridge S, Eaton D, Cardenas C, Court LE, Smith D, Aggarwal A. Autocontouring of primary lung lesions and nodal disease for radiotherapy based only on computed tomography images. Phys Imaging Radiat Oncol 31:100637, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39297080.
- Wahid KA, Cardenas CE, Marquez B, Netherton TJ, Kann BH, Court LE, He R, Naser MA, Moreno AC, Fuller CD, Fuentes D. Evolving Horizons in Radiation Therapy Auto-Contouring: Distilling Insights, Embracing Data-Centric Frameworks, and Moving Beyond Geometric Quantification. Adv Radiat Oncol 9(7):101521, 2024. PMID: 38799110.
- Maroongroge, S, Mohamed, AS, Nguyen, C, Guma De la Vega, J, Frank, SJ, Garden, AS, Gunn, GB, Lee, A, Mayo, LL, Moreno, AC, Morrison, WH, Phan, J, Spiotto, MT, Court, LE, Fuller, C, Rosenthal, D, Netherton, T. Clinical acceptability of automatically generated lymph node levels and structures of deglutition and mastication for head and neck radiation therapy. Physics and Imaging in Radiation Oncology 29, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38356692.
- Court, LE, Aggarwal, A, Jhingran, A, Naidoo, K, Netherton, T, Olanrewaju, A, Peterson, CB, Parkes, J, Simonds, H, Trauernicht, C, Zhang, L, Beadle, BM. Artificial Intelligence–Based Radiotherapy Contouring and Planning to Improve Global Access to Cancer Care. JCO Global Oncology 10, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38484191.
- Gay, SS, Kisling, K, Anderson, BM, Zhang, L, Rhee, DJ, Nguyen, C, Netherton, T, Yang, J, Brock, K, Jhingran, A, Simonds, H, Klopp, AH, Beadle, BM, Court, LE, Cardenas, CE. Identifying the optimal deep learning architecture and parameters for automatic beam aperture definition in 3D radiotherapy. Journal of applied clinical medical physics 24(12), 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37670488.
- Gay, SS, Cardenas, CE, Nguyen, C, Netherton, T, Yu, C, Zhao, Y, Skett, S, Patel, T, Adjogatse, D, Guerrero Urbano, T, Naidoo, K, Beadle, BM, Yang, J, Aggarwal, A, Court, LE. Fully-automated, CT-only GTV contouring for palliative head and neck radiotherapy. Scientific reports 13(1), 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 38066074.
- Baroudi H, Huy Minh Nguyen CI, Maroongroge S, Smith B, Niedzielski JS, Shaitelman SF, Melancon AD, Shete S, Whitaker TJ, Mitchell MP, Yvonne Arzu I, Duryea J, Hernandez S, El Basha D, Mumme R, Netherton T, Hoffman K, Court LE. Automated contouring and statistical process control for plan quality in a breast clinical trial. Physics and Imaging in Radiation Oncology 28, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37712064.
- Court, LE, Aggarwal, A, Burger, H, Cardenas, CE, Chung, CV, Douglas, RJ, du Toit, M, Jhingran, A, Mumme, R, Muya, S, Naidoo, K, Ndumbalo, J, Netherton, T, Nguyen, C, Olanrewaju, A, Parkes, J, Shaw, W, Trauernicht, C, Xu, MJ, Yang, J, Zhang, L, Simonds, H, Beadle, BM. Radiation Planning Assistant - A Web-based Tool to Support High-quality Radiotherapy in Clinics with Limited Resources. Journal of Visualized Experiments 2023(200), 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37870317.
- Woodland M, Patel N, Taie MA, Yung JP, Netherton TJ, Patel AB, Brock KK. Dimensionality Reduction for Improving Out-of-Distribution Detection in Medical Image Segmentation. Uncertain Safe Util Mach Learn Med Imaging (2023) 14291:147-156, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 40443712.
- Gronberg, M, Jhingran, A, Netherton, T, Gay, SS, Cardenas, CE, Chung, CV, Fuentes, DA, Fuller, CD, Howell, RM, Khan, M, Lim, TY, Marquez, B, Olanrewaju, A, Peterson, CB, Vazquez, I, Whitaker, TJ, Wooten, ZT, Yang, M, Court, LE. Deep learning–based dose prediction to improve the plan quality of volumetric modulated arc therapy for gynecologic cancers. Medical physics 50(11):6639-6648, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37706560.
- Wang X, van Rossum P, Chu Y, Hobbs BP, Grassberger C, Hong TS, Liao Z, Yang J, Zhang X, Netherton T, Mohan R, Lin SH. Severe Lymphopenia During Chemoradiation Therapy for Esophageal Cancer. International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics 118(2):368-377, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37652304.
- Oh, K, Sengupta, B, Olanrewaju, A, Zhang, L, Nair, SS, Mani, T, Palanisamy, M, KanduKuri, US, Netherton, T, Cardenas, CE, Court, LE, Ford, E. Commissioning and dosimetric validation of a novel compensator-based Co-60 IMRT system for evaluating suitability to automated treatment planning. Medical physics 50(7):4466-4479, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37086040.
- Hassan AM, Franco CM, Shah NR, Netherton T, Mericli AF, Garvey PB, Schaverien MV, Chang EI, Hanasono MM, Selber JC, Butler CE. Outcomes of Complex Abdominal Wall Reconstruction After Oncologic Resection. Annals of surgical oncology 30(6):3712-3720, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 36662331.
- Gronberg, M, Beadle, BM, Garden, AS, Skinner, H, Gay, SS, Netherton, T, Cao, W, Cardenas, CE, Chung, CV, Fuentes, DA, Fuller, C, Howell, RM, Jhingran, A, Lim, TY, Marquez, B, Mumme, R, Olanrewaju, A, Peterson, CB, Vazquez, I, Whitaker, TJ, Wooten, ZT, Yang, M, Court, LE. Deep Learning–Based Dose Prediction for Automated, Individualized Quality Assurance of Head and Neck Radiation Therapy Plans. Practical radiation oncology 13(3):e282-e291, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 36697347.
- Oh K, Gronberg M, Netherton T, Sengupta B, Cardenas CE, Court LE, Ford E. A deep-learning-based dose verification tool utilizing fluence maps for a cobalt-60 compensator-based intensity-modulated radiation therapy system. Physics and Imaging in Radiation Oncology 26, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37342210.
- Hernandez S, Nguyen C, Parkes J, Burger H, Rhee DJ, Netherton T, Mumme R, Vega JG, Duryea J, Leone A, Paulino AC, Cardenas C, Howell R, Fuentes D, Pollard-Larkin J, Court L. Automating the treatment planning process for 3D-conformal pediatric craniospinal irradiation therapy. Pediatr Blood Cancer 70(3):e30164, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 36591994.
- Xiao Y, Cardenas C, Rhee DJ, Netherton T, Zhang L, Nguyen C, Douglas R, Mumme R, Skett S, Patel T, Trauernicht C, Chung C, Simonds H, Aggarwal A, Court L. Customizable landmark-based field aperture design for automated whole-brain radiotherapy treatment planning. J Appl Clin Med Phys 24(3):e13839, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 36412092.
- Nelson CL, Nguyen C, Fang R, Court LE, Cardenas CE, Rhee DJ, Netherton T, Mumme R, Gay SS, Gay C, Marquez B, El Basha MD, Zhao Y, Gronberg M, Hernandez S, Nealon KA, Martel MK, Yang J. A real-time contouring feedback tool for consensus-based contour training. Frontiers in Oncology 13, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37771435.
- Hernandez S, Burger H, Nguyen C, Paulino AC, Lucas JT, Faught AM, Duryea J, Netherton T, Rhee DJ, Cardenas CE, Howell RM, Fuentes DA, Pollard-Larkin J, Court LE, Parkes J. Validation of an automated contouring and treatment planning tool for pediatric craniospinal radiation therapy. Frontiers in Oncology 13, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37810961.
- Yu C, Anakwenze C, Zhao Y, Martin RM, Ludmir EB, S.Niedzielski J, Qureshi A, Das P, Holliday EB, Raldow AC, Nguyen C, Mumme R, Netherton T, Rhee DJ, Gay SS, Yang J, Court LE, Cardenas CE. Multi-organ segmentation of abdominal structures from non-contrast and contrast enhanced CT images. Scientific reports 12(1), 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36351987.
- Netherton T, Nguyen C, Cardenas CE, Chung C, Klopp AH, Colbert LE, Rhee DJ, Peterson CB, Howell RM, Balter PA, Court LE. An Automated Treatment Planning Framework for Spinal Radiation Therapy and Vertebral-Level Second Check. International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics 114(3):516-528, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35787928.
- Babier A, Mahmood R, Zhang B, Alves VL, Barragán-Montero AM, Beaudry J, Cardenas CE, Chang Y, Chen Z, Chun J, Diaz K, David Eraso H, Faustmann E, Gaj S, Gay SS, Gronberg M, Guo B, He J, Heilemann G, Hira S, Huang Y, Ji F, Jiang D, Carlo Jimenez Giraldo J, Lee H, Lian J, Liu S, Liu KC, Marrugo J, Miki K, Nakamura K, Netherton T, Nguyen D, Nourzadeh H, Osman AF, Peng Z, Darío Quinto Muñoz J, Ramsl C, Joo Rhee D, David Rodriguez J, Shan H, Siebers JV, Soomro MH, Sun K, Usuga Hoyos A, Valderrama C, Verbeek R, Wang E, Willems S, Wu Q, Xu X, Yang S, Yuan L, Zhu S, Zimmermann L, Moore K, Purdie T, Mcniven A, Chan TC. OpenKBP-Opt: An international and reproducible evaluation of 76 knowledge-based planning pipelines. Physics in medicine and biology 67(18), 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36093921.
- Rhee DJ, Jhingran A, Huang K, Netherton T, Fakie N, White I, Sherriff A, Cardenas CE, Zhang L, Prajapati S, Kry SF, Beadle BM, Shaw W, O'Reilly F, Parkes J, Burger H, Trauernicht C, Simonds H, Court LE. Clinical acceptability of fully automated external beam radiotherapy for cervical cancer with three different beam delivery techniques. Medical physics 49(9):5742-5751, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35866442.
- Gupta AC, Owens CA, Shrestha S, Lee C, Smith SA, Weathers RE, Netherton T, Balter PA, Kry SF, Followill DS, Griffin KT, Long JP, Armstrong GT, Howell RM. Body Region-Specific 3D Age-Scaling Functions for Scaling Whole-Body Computed Tomography Anatomy for Pediatric Late Effects Studies. Biomed Phys Eng Express 8(2), 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 34874300.
- Sekuboyina A, Husseini ME, Bayat A, Löffler M, Liebl H, Li H, Tetteh G, Kukacka J, Payer C, Štern D, Urschler M, Chen M, Cheng D, Lessmann N, Hu Y, Wang T, Yang D, Xu D, Ambellan F, Amiranashvili T, Ehlke M, Lamecker H, Lehnert S, Lirio M, Olaguer NP, Ramm H, Sahu M, Tack A, Zachow S, Jiang T, Ma X, Angerman C, Wang X, Brown K, Kirszenberg A, É P, Chen D, Bai Y, Rapazzo BH, Yeah T, Zhang A, Xu S, Hou F, He Z, Zeng C, Xiangshang Z, Liming X, Netherton TJ, Mumme RP, Court LE, Huang Z, He C, Wang LW, Ling SH, Hu?nh LD, Boutry N, Jakubicek R, Chmelik J, Mulay S, Sivaprakasam M, Paetzold JC, Shit S, Ezhov I, Wiestler B, Glocker B, Valentinitsch A, Rempfler M, Menze BH, Kirschke JS. VerSe: A Vertebrae labelling and segmentation benchmark for multi-detector CT images. Med Image Anal 73:102166, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34340104.
- Han EY, Cardenas CE, Nguyen C, Hancock D, Xiao Y, Mumme R, Court LE, Rhee DJ, Netherton TJ, Li J, Yeboa DN, Wang C, Briere TM, Balter P, Martel MK, Wen Z. Clinical implementation of automated treatment planning for whole-brain radiotherapy. J Appl Clin Med Phys 22(9):94-102, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34250715.
- Gao S, Chetvertkov MA, Cai B, Dwivedi A, Mihailidis D, Ray X, Netherton T, Court LE, Simon WE, Balter PA. Beam energy metrics for the acceptance and quality assurance of Halcyon linear accelerator. J Appl Clin Med Phys 22(7):121-127, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34042271.
- Hernandez S, Sjogreen C, Gay SS, Nguyen C, Netherton T, Olanrewaju A, Zhang LJ, Rhee DJ, Méndez JD, Court LE, Cardenas CE. Development and dosimetric assessment of an automatic dental artifact classification tool to guide artifact management techniques in a fully automated treatment planning workflow. Comput Med Imaging Graph 90:101907, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33845433.
- Cardenas CE, Beadle BM, Garden AS, Skinner HD, Yang J, Rhee DJ, McCarroll RE, Netherton TJ, Gay SS, Zhang L, Court LE. Generating High-Quality Lymph Node Clinical Target Volumes for Head and Neck Cancer Radiation Therapy Using a Fully Automated Deep Learning-Based Approach. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 109(3):801-812, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33068690.
- Netherton TJ, Rhee DJ, Cardenas CE, Chung C, Klopp AH, Peterson CB, Howell RM, Balter PA, Court LE. Evaluation of a multiview architecture for automatic vertebral labeling of palliative radiotherapy simulation CT images. Med Phys 47(11):5592-5608, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 33459402.
- Rhee DJ, Jhingran A, Rigaud B, Netherton T, Cardenas CE, Zhang L, Vedam S, Kry S, Brock KK, Shaw W, O'Reilly F, Parkes J, Burger H, Fakie N, Trauernicht C, Simonds H, Court LE. Automatic contouring system for cervical cancer using convolutional neural networks. Med Phys 47(11):5648-5658, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32964477.
- Gao S, Netherton T, Chetvertkov MA, Li Y, Court LE, Simon WE, Shi J, Balter PA. Acceptance and verification of the Halcyon-Eclipse linear accelerator-treatment planning system without 3D water scanning system. J Appl Clin Med Phys 20(10):111-117, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31553525.
- Netherton T, Li Y, Gao S, Klopp A, Balter P, Court LE, Scheuermann R, Kennedy C, Dong L, Metz J, Mihailidis D, Ling C, Young Lee M, Constantin M, Thompson S, Kauppinen J, Uusitalo P. Experience in commissioning the halcyon linac. Med Phys 46(10):4304-4313, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31310678.
- Gay SS, Netherton TJ, Cardenas CE, Ger RB, Balter PA, Dong L, Mihailidis D, Court LE. Dosimetric impact and detectability of multi-leaf collimator positioning errors on Varian Halcyon. J Appl Clin Med Phys 20(8):47-55, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31294923.
- Kisling KD, Ger RB, Netherton TJ, Cardenas CE, Owens CA, Anderson BM, Lee J, Rhee DJ, Edward SS, Gay SS, He Y, David SD, Yang J, Nitsch PL, Balter PA, Urbauer DL, Peterson CB, Court LE, Dube S. A snapshot of medical physics practice patterns. J Appl Clin Med Phys 19(6):306-315, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30272385.
- Li Y, Netherton T, Nitsch PL, Gao S, Klopp AH, Balter PA, Court LE. Independent validation of machine performance check for the Halcyon and TrueBeam linacs for daily quality assurance. J Appl Clin Med Phys 19(5):375-382, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30016578.
- Netherton T, Li Y, Nitsch P, Shaitelman S, Balter P, Gao S, Klopp A, Muruganandham M, Court L. Interplay effect on a 6-MV flattening-filter-free linear accelerator with high dose rate and fast multi-leaf collimator motion treating breast and lung phantoms. Med Phys 45(6):2369-2376, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29611210.
- Li Y, Netherton T, Nitsch PL, Balter PA, Gao S, Klopp AH, Court LE. Normal tissue doses from MV image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT) using orthogonal MV and MV-CBCT. J Appl Clin Med Phys 19(3):52-57, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29500856.
- Rubinstein AE, Ingram WS, Anderson BM, Gay SS, Fave XJ, Ger RB, McCarroll RE, Owens CA, Netherton TJ, Kisling KD, Court LE, Yang J, Li Y, Lee J, Mackin DS, Cardenas CE. Cost-effective immobilization for whole brain radiation therapy. J Appl Clin Med Phys 18(4):116-122, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28585732.
- Zhang, C, Li, HF, Song, Y, Su, Y, Tan, G, Netherton, T, Redding, C, Carr, SV, Sobolev, O, Schneidewind, A, Faulhaber, E, Harriger, LW, Li, S, Lu, X, Yao, DX, Das, T, Balatsky, AV, Brückel, T, Lynn, JW, Dai, P. Distinguishing s± and s++ electron pairing symmetries by neutron spin resonance in superconducting NaFe 0.935Co0.045As. Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics 88(6), 2013. e-Pub 2013.
- Tan, G, Zheng, P, Wang, X, Chen, Y, Zhang, X, Luo, J, Netherton, T, Song, Y, Dai, P, Zhang, C, Li, S. Strong-coupling superconductivity in NaFe1-xCoxAs. Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics 87(14), 2013. e-Pub 2013.
- Wang M, Fang C, Yao DX, Tan G, Harriger LW, Song Y, Netherton T, Zhang C, Wang M, Stone MB, Tian W, Hu J, Dai P. Spin waves and magnetic exchange interactions in insulating Rb(0.89)Fe(1.58)Se(2). Nat Commun 2:580, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 22146399.
Review Articles
- Wahid KA, Kaffey ZY, Farris DP, Humbert-Vidan L, Moreno AC, Rasmussen M, Ren J, Naser MA, Netherton TJ, Korreman S, Balakrishnan G, Fuller CD, Fuentes D, Dohopolski MJ. Artificial intelligence uncertainty quantification in radiotherapy applications - A scoping review. Radiother Oncol 201:110542, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39299574.
- Baroudi H, Brock K, Cao W, Chen X, Chung C, Court LE, El Basha MD, Farhat MA, Gay SS, Gronberg M, Gupta AC, Hernandez S, Huang K, Jaffray D, Lim R, Marquez B, Nealon KA, Netherton T, Nguyen C, Reber B, Rhee DJ, Salazar RM, Shanker MD, Sjogreen C, Woodland M, Yang J, Yu C, Zhao Y. What Is ‘Clinically Acceptable'? : Automated Contouring and Planning in Radiation Therapy. Diagnostics 13(4), 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 36832155.
- Court LE, Aggarwal A, Burger H, Cardenas CE, Chung CV, Douglas RJ, du Toit M, Jaffray D, Jhingran A, Mejia M, Mumme R, Muya S, Naidoo K, Ndumbalo J, Nealon KA, Netherton T, Nguyen C, Olanrewaju N, Parkes J, Shaw W, Trauernicht C, Xu MJ, Yang J, Zhang L, Simonds H, Beadle BM. Addressing the Global Expertise Gap in Radiation Oncology. JCO Global Oncology 9, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37471671.
- Netherton TJ, Cardenas CE, Rhee DJ, Court LE, Beadle BM. The Emergence of Artificial Intelligence within Radiation Oncology Treatment Planning. Oncology 99(2):124-134, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33352552.
Other Articles
- Twam, A, Celaya, A, Lim, E, Elsayes, KM, Fuentes, DA, Netherton, T Correction to: Head and Neck Gross Tumor Volume Automatic Segmentation Using PocketNet. Lecture Notes in Computer Science 15273 LNCS:C1, 2025.
- Gronberg MP, Gay SS, Netherton TJ, Rhee DJ, Court LE, Cardenas CE Technical Note: Dose prediction for head and neck radiotherapy using a three-dimensional dense dilated U-net architecture. Med Phys 48(9):5567-5573, 2021. PMID: 34157138.
Abstracts
- Sadeghi S, Netherton T, Paulino AC, Chung C, Khan M, Bates JE, Hill-Kayser CE, Dong L, Ermoian RP, Koufigar S, Fu J, Jr JT, Merchant TE, Armstrong GT, Howell RM. Do We Need Pediatric-Specific Models for Radiotherapy Auto-Contouring? a Comparative Study of Pediatric and Adult-Trained Tools. AAPM 67th Annual Meeting & Exhibition, 2025. e-Pub 2025.
- Zhao Y, Rhee DJ, Wang C, Netherton T, Thrower SL, McSpadden K, Wang X, Lee A, Moreno AC, Rosenthal D, Phan J, Wang H. 3117 Knowledge-based autoplanning improves efficiency and plan quality for larynx stereotactic radiotherapy. ESTRO 2025 Annual Congress, 2025. e-Pub 2025.
- Hassan AM, Franco CM, Shah NR, Netherton T, Mericli AF, Garvey PB, Schaverien MV, Chang EI, Hanasono MM, Selber JC, Butler CE. ASO Visual Abstract: Outcomes of Complex Abdominal Wall Reconstruction After Oncologic Resection: 14-Year Experience at an NCI-Designated Cancer Center. Annals of surgical oncology 30(6):3723-3724, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 36717521.
- Riley C, Cox C, Graham S, Havran H, Kramer B, Netherton T, Peterson C, Williamson T, Court L. Varian Halcyon dosimetric comparison for multiarc VMAT prostate and head-and-neck cancers. Med Dosim, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30197035.
- Cheung MY, Netherton TJ, Court LE, Veeraraghavan A, Balakrishnan G. Metric-Guided Conformal Bounds for Probabilistic Image Reconstruction. MICCAI 2025 International Workshop on Uncertainty for Safe Utilization of Machine Learning in Medical Imaging.
- Matt Y Cheung, Sophia Zorek, Netherton T, Court LE, Al-Kindi S, Veeraraghavan A, Balakrishnan G. When are Diffusion Priors Helpful in Sparse Reconstruction? A Study with Sparse-view CT. 2025 IEEE 22nd International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI), 1-4. PMID: 39975437.
- Su S, Mehrens H, Netherton T, Kim Y, Court L, Choi S, Han E. Optimizing Prostate Cancer Radiotherapy: Comprehensive Analysis of Automated Planning with Neural Network-Based Dose Prediction. AAPM 67th Annual Meeting & Exhibition.
- Baroudi H, Fru L, Schofield D, Nguyen C, Afifi S, Evans S, Gifford K, Netherton T, Niedzielski J, Melancon A, Mohamad I, Muruganandham M, Shaitelman S, Shaw W, Shete S, Shulman A, Smith B, Murina P, Thengumpallil S, Venencia C, Vrieling C, Mitchell M, Court L. Evaluating the Performance and Limitations of an Automated Treatment Planning Tool for Intact Breast Radiotherapy across Diverse Patient Populations. AAPM 67th Annual Meeting & Exhibition.
- Garcia D, Kry S, Mackin D, Netherton T, Lin R, Glenn M. Assessment of Plan Quality Metrics for Iroc Houston SRS Phantom Performance Evaluation. AAPM 67th Annual Meeting & Exhibition.
- Netherton TJ, Celaya A, Sjogreen C, Nguyen CM, Mumme R, Wang X, Wang C, Wang HC, Thrower SL, Lim TY, Mirkovic D, Parameshwaran JA, Moreno A, Lee A, Phan J, Fuentes D, Court LE, Beadle BM. A Method to Expedite Quality Assurance for Head and Neck Ctvs with Lymph Node Level Auto-Autocontouring and Identification. AAPM 67th Annual Meeting & Exhibition.
- Sadeghi S, Netherton TJ, Bates JE, Hill-Kayser C, Dong L, Ermoian R. Evaluating Commercial Auto-Segmentation Software: Is Performance on Pediatric Organs-at-Risk Accurate?. AAPM 67th Annual Meeting & Exhibition.
Book Chapters
- Ger RB, Netherton TJ, Rhee DJ, Court, Yang J, Cardensas CE. Auto-contouring for Image-Guidance and Treatment Planning. In: Machine and Deep Learning in Oncology, Medical Physics and Radiology. Springer International Publishing, pp 231-293, 2022.
Web Publications
- Netherton T, Laurence Court. CT Reconstruction from Few Planar X-Rays with Application Towards Low-Resource Radiotherapy, 2024.
Patient Reviews
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