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Lawrence Tarbox

Associate Professor

Also affiliated: Boston University (2015); Washington University in St. Louis (2007–2015); University of Utah (1983–1996); LDS Hospital (1996); Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research (2015); Washington University Medical Center (2013); Leidos Biomedical Research Inc. (United States) (2015)

Biomedical Informatics, College of Medicine

12 h-index 32 pubs 5,348 cited

  • Humans
  • Diagnostic Imaging
  • Neoplasms
  • Radiology Information Systems
  • Software
  • United States
  • Computer Security
  • Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
  • Quality Control
  • Information Storage and Retrieval
  • National Cancer Institute (U.S.)
  • Medical Informatics
  • Clinical Trials as Topic
  • Confidentiality
  • Informatics

Biography and Research Information

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Lawrence Tarbox's research focuses on the development and management of informatics standards and resources for cancer imaging. He has been involved in the creation and operation of The Cancer Imaging Archive (TCIA), a public repository for cancer radiology images, contributing to its maintenance and the expansion of its publicly available collections. Tarbox has also investigated methods for de-identifying medical images while preserving their scientific research value, leading to the creation of datasets for evaluating de-identification techniques. His work extends to the development of professional society-based informatics standards, such as the Operational Ontology for Oncology (O3), which supports the use of real-world data from cancer patients in clinical and research settings. He is also associated with the PRISM platform, designed for imaging in precision medicine.

Metrics

  • h-index: 12
  • Publications: 32
  • Citations: 5,348

Positions

  • Assoc. Professor and DIr. High Performance Computing 2015–present
    University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine, Dept. of Biomedical Informatics ORCID
  • Associate Professor publications 2017–2026
    University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Biomedical Informatics, College of Medicine Institutional directory

Selected Publications

  • When is 3D Worth It? A Resource-Performance Frontier for CNNs and Transformers in Lung CT (2026)
    arXiv (Cornell University) OpenAlex
  • Harnessing Native-Resolution 2D Embeddings for Lung Cancer Classification: A Feasibility Study with the RAD-DINO Self-supervised Foundation Model (2025)
    Journal of Imaging Informatics in Medicine 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Toward widespread use of virtual trials in medical imaging innovation and regulatory science (2024)
    Medical Physics 16 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Operational Ontology for Radiation Oncology (OORO): A Professional Society-Based, Multi-Stakeholder Consensus Driven Informatics Standard Supporting Clinical and Research Use of Real-World Data (2023)
    International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics DOI OpenAlex
  • Operational Ontology for Oncology (O3): A Professional Society-Based, Multistakeholder, Consensus-Driven Informatics Standard Supporting Clinical and Research Use of Real-World Data From Patients Treated for Cancer (2023)
    International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics 38 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • AAPM task group report 305: Guidance for standardization of vendor‐neutral reject analysis in radiography (2023)
    Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics 9 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Supplemental Material to AAPM Task Group Report 305: Proposed IHE Profile (2023)
    Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) DOI OpenAlex
  • Informatics infrastructure in a rural pediatric clinical trials network: Matching specific clinical research needs with best practices and industry guidelines (2023)
    Contemporary Clinical Trials DOI OpenAlex
  • Informatics Infrastructure in a Rural Pediatric Clinical Trials Network: Matching Specific Clinical Research Needs with Best Practices and Industry Guidelines (2022)
    SSRN Electronic Journal DOI OpenAlex
  • A DICOM dataset for evaluation of medical image de-identification (2021)
    Scientific Data 33 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • PRISM: A Platform for Imaging in Precision Medicine (2020)
    JCO Clinical Cancer Informatics 24 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • DICOM Images Have Been Hacked! Now What? (2019)
    American Journal of Roentgenology 59 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Summary of the AAPM task group 248 report: Interoperability assessment for the commissioning of medical imaging acquisition systems (2019)
    Medical Physics 4 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • The public cancer radiology imaging collections of The Cancer Imaging Archive (2017)
    Scientific Data 149 citations DOI OpenAlex

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Grants & Funding

As listed on this researcher's institutional profile.

  • TO3 TCIA NLST SupportL Radiology/Pathology NIH/Nat. Cancer Institute via Leidos Co-Investigator
  • Pragmatic Randomized Trial of Proton vs. Photon Therapy for Patients with Non-Metastatic Breast Cancer Receiving Comprehensive Nodal Radiation: A Radiotherapy Comparative Effectiveness (RADCOMP) Trial - Continuation Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute via Washington University Co-Investigator
  • TCIA Sustainment and Scalability - Platforms for Quantitative Imaging Informatics in Precision Medicine NIH Co-Investigator
  • CDC-NIOSH Chest Image Repository Centers for Disease Control & Prevention via Washington University Principal Investigator
  • NTX XXII Environment & Neurodevelopmental Disorders (CDC) Centers for Disease Control & Prevention Principal Investigator
  • Robust and Trusted Data Analytics (DART) National Science Foundation via Arkansas Economic Development Commission Co-Investigator
  • Resources for development and validation of Radiomic analyses & Adaptive Therapy NIH Co-Investigator
  • Tools for data curation, quality control and data interoperability European Commission via Universitat de Barcelona Co-Investigator

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