Zang-Hee Cho | |
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Born | Zang-Hee Cho 1936 (age 87–88) |
Nationality | South Korea |
Alma mater | Seoul National University (BS) Uppsala University (Ph.D) |
Known for | Nuclear Electronics (Prof. Tove), Nuclear Physics (Prof. Gerholm) |
Awards | Distinguished Scientist Award, International Workshop on Physics & Engineering in Medical Physics and Engineering, Pacific Grove, Calif., USA, 1982 Jacob Javits Neuroscience Awards (with S. Hilal), NIH, Washington DC, USA, 1984 Sylvia Sorkin Green Field Award, American Medical Physics Society, Utah, USA, 1986 Distinguished Faculty Award in Research, Academic Senate, University of California, Calif. USA Medal of Honor, in Science & Technology, Presidential Award, Republic of Korea, 2006, Seoul, Korea |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Neuroscience & Medical Imaging |
Institutions | Neuroscience Convergence Center, Korea Univ. |
Doctoral advisor | Professor P-A Tove, Institute of Physics, Uppsala Univ. Sweden,(Ph.D) Professor T-R Gerholm, Institute of Physics, Stockholm University, Sweden, (Fil.D, Docent) |
Korean name | |
Hangul | 조장희 |
Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Cho Changhŭi |
McCune–Reischauer | Cho Janghui |
Zang-Hee Cho (Korean: 조장희; born 1936) is a Korean neuroscientist who developed the first Ring-PET scanner and the scintillation detector BGO. More recently, Cho developed the first PET-MRI fusion molecular imaging device for neuro-molecular imaging.[1]
1. Cho ZH, General Views on 3-D Image Reconstruction and Computerized Transverse Axial Tomography. IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. NS-21, No. 3, 1974.
2. Cho, ZH. and Ahn, I., "Computer algorithm for tomographic image reconstruction with x-ray transmission scan", Computer in Biomedical Res, 8, 8, 1974.
3. Cho, ZH., Chan, JK., Eriksson, L., Singh, M., Graham, S., Macdonald, WS. and Yano, Y., "Positron ranges obtained form biomedically important positron emitting radionuclides", J Nucl Med, 16, 1174–1176, 1975.
4. Cho, ZH., Chan, JK. and Eriksson, L., "Circular ring transverse axial positron camera for 3-D reconstruction of radionuclides distribution", IEEE Trans Nucl Sci, NS-23, 613–622, 1976.
5. Cho, ZH., Cohen, MB., Singh, M., Chan, J., Eriksson, L., Spolter, L. and MacDonald, NS., "Performance and evaluation of a circular ring transverse axial positron camera", IEEE Trans Nucl Sci, NS-24, 532–542, 1977.
6. Cho, ZH., Eriksson, L. and Chan, JK., "A circular ring transverse axial positron camera" in Reconstruction Tomography in Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine Symposium, Puerto Rico, April 1975, and in the book “ Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine”, 393–421, 1977, University Park Press, Baltimore (Ed. by Ter-Pogossian MM).
7. Cho, ZH. and Farukhi, MR., "Bismuth Germanate (BGO) as a potential scintillation detector in positron cameras", J. Nucl Med, 18, 840–844, 1977.
8. Cho, ZH., Kim, HS., Song, HB. and Cumming, J., "Fourier transform nuclear magnetic resonance tomographic imaging", Proc of IEEE (Invited paper), 79(10), 1152–1173, 1982
9. Cho, ZH., Hong, KS. and Hilal, SK., "Spherical positron emission tomography S-PET-I performance analysis", Nucl Instrum & Meth,225, 422–438, 1984.
10. Cho ZH, E.X. Wu, S.K. Hilal; Weighted Backprojection Approach to Cone-Beam 3-D Projection Reconstruction for Truncated Spherical Detection Geometry. IEEE Trans. Med. Imag. 13(1), 110–121, 1994.
11. Cho, ZH, Y.D. Son, H.K. Kim, K.N. Kim, S.H. Oh, J.Y. Han, I.K. Hong, and Y.B. Kim. A Hybrid PET-MRI: An Integrated Molecular-Genetic Imaging System with HRRT-PET and 7.0 T-MRI. IJIST., Vol. 17, 252–265, 2007
12. Cho, ZH, Y.D. Son, H.K. Kim, K.N. Kim, S.H. Oh, J.Y. Han, I. K. Hong, and Y. B Kim. A fusion PET-MRI system with a high-resolution research tomography-PET and ultra high field 7.0 T-MRI for the molecular-genetic imaging of the brain. Proteomic, Vol. 8, No. 6, 1302–1323, 2008
13. Cho, ZH, Y.D. Son, H.K. Kim, S.T. Kim, S.Y. Lee, Je-Geun Chi, C.W. Park, and Y.B. Kim. Substructural Hippocampal Glucose Metabolism Observed on PET/MRI. J. Nucl. Med. Vol. 51. No. 10, Oct. 2010
Member, The US National Academy of Sciences - Institute of Medicine, USA, 1997–present, Washington D.C. USA
Member, The National Academy of Sciences, Republic of Korea, 1998–2006 Seoul, Korea
Fellow, Third World Academy of Sciences, 1991, Trieste, United Nation (Italy)
Member, The National Academy of Engineering, Republic of Korea, 1996, Seoul, Korea
Fellow, Korea Academy of Sciences and Technology, 1995, Republic of Korea, Seoul, Korea
Fellow, Institute of Electronic and Electrical Engineers, 1982, New York, N.Y., U.S.A.
Fellow, Institute of Electrical Engineers, 1995, London, UK
Member, National Advisory Council-NCCAM, NIH, Washington D.C., USA, 2004–6