Jennifer Toth, MD - Penn State Cancer Institute
Researcher Profile
Jennifer Toth, MD
Professor, Department of Medicine
Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine
Professor, Department of Surgery
Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine
Professor, Department of Surgery
Disease Teams:
Cancer Institute, Thoracic Cancer Team
Recent Publications
2026
Higgins, WE, Zhao, W, Kuhlengel, T, Chang, Q, Daneshpajooh, V, He, Y, Kao, A, Htwe, YM, Alpert, M, Toth, J & Bascom, R 2026, Assisted bronchoscopy for lung cancer management: comparison of a custom system to a historical cohort. in ME Rettmann & P Jannin (eds), Medical Imaging 2026: Image-Guided Procedures, Robotic Interventions, and Modeling., 1392706, Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE, vol. 13927, SPIE, Medical Imaging 2026: Image-Guided Procedures, Robotic Interventions, and Modeling, Vancouver, Canada, 2/15/26. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3085096
Nisnevitch-Savarese, Z & Toth, J 2026, Introduction to Interventional Pulmonology. in Anesthesia for Interventional Pulmonary Procedures. Springer Nature, pp. 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-12007-6_1
2025
Kao, A, Chang, Q, Higgins, WE, Ahmad, D, Htwe, Y, Toth, J & Bascom, R 2025, Automatic lesion detection in high-definition white-light bronchoscopic video. in BS Gimi & A Krol (eds), Medical Imaging 2025: Clinical and Biomedical Imaging., 134101A, Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE, vol. 13410, SPIE, Medical Imaging 2025: Clinical and Biomedical Imaging, San Diego, United States, 2/18/25. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3045050
Stack, MJ, Shore, DM, Tsai, AY, Reed, MF, Toth, JW & Kulaylat, AN 2025, 'Endotracheal stent placement for pediatric blunt traumatic tracheal perforation', JTCVS Techniques, vol. 30, pp. 132-136. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xjtc.2024.12.007
Chang, Q, Ahmad, D, Toth, J, Bascom, R & Higgins, WE 2025, Integrated video analysis system for autofluorescence bronchoscopy. in BS Gimi & A Krol (eds), Medical Imaging 2025: Clinical and Biomedical Imaging., 1341018, Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE, vol. 13410, SPIE, Medical Imaging 2025: Clinical and Biomedical Imaging, San Diego, United States, 2/18/25. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3044383
Chang, Q, Daneshpajooh, V, Ahmad, D, Toth, J, Bascom, R & Higgins, WE 2025, Multimodal Bronchoscopic Video Analysis System for Early Lung Cancer Detection. in Proceedings - 2025 IEEE 25th International Conference on Bioinformatics and Bioengineering, BIBE 2025. Proceedings - 2025 IEEE 25th International Conference on Bioinformatics and Bioengineering, BIBE 2025, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 193-200, 25th IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Bioengineering, BIBE 2025, Athens, Greece, 11/6/26. https://doi.org/10.1109/BIBE66822.2025.00041
Daneshpajooh, V, Ahmad, D, Htwe, Y, Toth, J, Bascom, R & Higgins, WE 2025, Real-time video enhancement for narrow-band imaging bronchoscopy. in BS Gimi & A Krol (eds), Medical Imaging 2025: Clinical and Biomedical Imaging., 1341014, Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE, vol. 13410, SPIE, Medical Imaging 2025: Clinical and Biomedical Imaging, San Diego, United States, 2/18/25. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3045061
Zhao, W, Kuhlengel, T, Chang, Q, Daneshpajooh, V, He, Y, Kao, A, Bascom, R, Ahmad, D, Htwe, YM, Toth, J, Schaer, T, Brewer, L, Hilliard, R & Higgins, WE 2025, 'Two-phase radial endobronchial ultrasound bronchoscopy registration', Journal of Medical Imaging, vol. 12, no. 2, 025001. https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JMI.12.2.025001
2024
Daneshpajooh, V, Ahmad, D, Toth, J, Bascom, R & Higgins, WE 2024, 'Automatic lesion detection for narrow-band imaging bronchoscopy', Journal of Medical Imaging, vol. 11, no. 3, 036002. https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JMI.11.3.036002
Corcoran, A, Shore, D, Boesch, RP, Chopra, M, Das, S, DiBardino, D, Goldfarb, S, Haas, A, Hysinger, E, Phinizy, P, Vicencio, A, Toth, J & Piccione, J 2024, 'Practices and perspectives on advanced diagnostic and interventional bronchoscopy among pediatric pulmonologists in the United States', Pediatric Pulmonology, vol. 59, no. 6, pp. 1708-1715. https://doi.org/10.1002/ppul.26977
Chang, Q, Daneshpajooh, V, Byrnes, PD, Ahmad, D, Toth, J, Bascom, R & Higgins, WE 2024, Synchronization and analysis of multimodal bronchoscopic airway exams for early lung cancer detection. in JH Siewerdsen & ME Rettmann (eds), Medical Imaging 2024: Image-Guided Procedures, Robotic Interventions, and Modeling., 129281B, Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE, vol. 12928, SPIE, Medical Imaging 2024: Image-Guided Procedures, Robotic Interventions, and Modeling, San Diego, United States, 2/19/24. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3004212
2023
Chang, Q, Ahmad, D, Toth, J, Bascom, R & Higgins, WE 2023, ESFPNet: Efficient deep learning architecture for real-time lesion segmentation in autofluorescence bronchoscopic video. in BS Gimi & A Krol (eds), Medical Imaging 2023: Biomedical Applications in Molecular, Structural, and Functional Imaging., 1246803, Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE, vol. 12468, SPIE, Medical Imaging 2023: Biomedical Applications in Molecular, Structural, and Functional Imaging, San Diego, United States, 2/19/23. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2647897
Shore, D & Toth, JW 2023, Empyema Thoracis. in Interventions in Pulmonary Medicine, Third Edition. Springer International Publishing, pp. 571-583. https://doi.org/10.1007/9783031226106_32
Zhao, W, Kuhlengel, T, Chang, Q, Daneshpajooh, V, Schaer, T, Brewer, L, Hilliard, R, Ahmad, D, Toth, J, Bascom, R & Higgins, WE 2023, Image-Guided Radial-Probe EBUS Bronchoscopy System: Live Study Validation. in CA Linte & JH Siewerdsen (eds), Medical Imaging 2023: Image-Guided Procedures, Robotic Interventions, and Modeling., 124661O, Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE, vol. 12466, SPIE, Medical Imaging 2023: Image-Guided Procedures, Robotic Interventions, and Modeling, San Diego, United States, 2/19/23. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2648637
Patel, P & Toth, J 2023, 'Interventional Pulmonology: Approaches to the Treatment of Benign Subglottic and Tracheal Stenosis', Operative Techniques in Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, vol. 34, no. 2, pp. 136-140. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.otot.2023.05.011
Daneshpajooh, V, Dumas, C, Ahmad, D, Toth, J, Bascom, R & Higgins, WE 2023, Vascular pattern recognition for narrow-band imaging bronchoscopy. in BS Gimi & A Krol (eds), Medical Imaging 2023: Biomedical Applications in Molecular, Structural, and Functional Imaging., 124680L, Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE, vol. 12468, SPIE, Medical Imaging 2023: Biomedical Applications in Molecular, Structural, and Functional Imaging, San Diego, United States, 2/19/23. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2647150
2022
Lee, HJ, Argento, AC, Batra, H, Benzaquen, S, Bramley, K, Chambers, D, Desai, N, Dincer, HE, Ferguson, JS, Kalanjeri, S, Lamb, C, Meena, N, Reddy, C, Revelo, A, Sachdeva, A, Seides, B, Shah, H, Shojaee, S, Sonetti, D, Thiboutot, J, Toth, J, Van Nostrand, K & Akulian, JA 2022, 'A Multicenter Study Assessing Interventional Pulmonary Fellow Competency in Electromagnetic Navigation Bronchoscopy', ATS Scholar, vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 220-228. https://doi.org/10.34197/ats-scholar.2021-0121OC
Chupp, G, Kline, JN, Khatri, SB, McEvoy, C, Silvestri, GA, Shifren, A, Castro, M, Bansal, S, McClelland, M, Dransfield, M, Trevor, J, Kahlstrom, N, Simoff, M, Wahidi, MM, Lamb, CR, Ferguson, JS, Haas, A, Hogarth, DK, Tejedor, R, Toth, J, Hey, J, Majid, A, LaCamera, P, Fitzgerald, JM, Enfield, K, Grubb, GM, McMullen, EA, Olson, JL & Laviolette, M 2022, 'Bronchial Thermoplasty in Patients With Severe Asthma at 5 Years: The Post-FDA Approval Clinical Trial Evaluating Bronchial Thermoplasty in Severe Persistent Asthma Study', CHEST, vol. 161, no. 3, pp. 614-628. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chest.2021.10.044
Zhao, W, Ahmad, D, Toth, J, Bascom, R & Higgins, WE 2023, 'Endobronchial Ultrasound Image Simulation for Image-Guided Bronchoscopy', IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, vol. 70, no. 1, pp. 318-330. https://doi.org/10.1109/TBME.2022.3190165
Zhao, W, Ahmad, D, Toth, J, Bascom, R & Higgins, WE 2022, Image-Guided System for Radial-Probe Endobronchial Ultrasound Bronchoscopy. in CA Linte & JH Siewerdsen (eds), Medical Imaging 2022: Image-Guided Procedures, Robotic Interventions, and Modeling., 120340B, Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE, vol. 12034, SPIE, Medical Imaging 2022: Image-Guided Procedures, Robotic Interventions, and Modeling, Virtual, Online, 3/21/22. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2612104
Zang, X, Zhao, W, Toth, J, Bascom, R & Higgins, W 2022, 'Multimodal Registration for Image-Guided EBUS Bronchoscopy', Journal of Imaging, vol. 8, no. 7, 189. https://doi.org/10.3390/jimaging8070189
Daneshpajooh, V, Ahmad, D, Toth, J, Bascom, R & Higgins, WE 2022, Video Analysis Framework for Lesion Detection in Narrow Band Imaging Bronchoscopy. in BS Gimi & A Krol (eds), Medical Imaging 2022: Biomedical Applications in Molecular, Structural, and Functional Imaging., 120360M, Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE, vol. 12036, SPIE, Medical Imaging 2022: Biomedical Applications in Molecular, Structural, and Functional Imaging, Virtual, Online, 3/21/22. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2606054