| Zang-Hee Cho | |||||||||
| Birth Name: | Zang-Hee Cho | ||||||||
| Birth Place: | Korea | ||||||||
| Nationality: | South Korea | ||||||||
| Field: | Neuroscience & Medical Imaging | ||||||||
| Work Institution: | Neuroscience Convergence Center, Korea Univ. | ||||||||
| Alma Mater: | Seoul National University (BS) Uppsala University (Ph.D) | ||||||||
| 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) | ||||||||
| Known For: | Nuclear Electronics (Prof. Tove), Nuclear Physics (Prof. Gerholm) | ||||||||
| Prizes: | 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 | ||||||||
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Zang-Hee Cho (; 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]
2019.11.–Present Endowed Chair Professor & Director, Neuroscience Convergence Center, Korea University, Seoul, Korea.
2017–2019.10 Endowed Chair Professor & Director, Neuroscience Research Institute, University of Suwon, Suwon, Korea.
2015–Present Distinguished Research Fellow, Advanced Institutes of Convergence technology (AICT), Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.
2004–2014 University Professor, Neuroscience Research Institute, Gachon Medical School, Inchon, Korea.
2006–Present Professor Emeritus, Radiological Sciences and Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of California, Irvine, California, USA.
1985–2006 Professor, Radiological Sciences and Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of California, Irvine, California, USA.
1995–1997 Visiting Endowed Chair Professor, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, Korea.
1979-1994 Professor, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, Korea.
1979–1985 Professor of Radiology (Physics) and Co-Director of Imaging Research Center, Columbia University, New York, USA
1972–1978 Associate Research Physicist and Adjunct Assoc. Professor, Applied Science & Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
1972–1976 Associate Professor (Docent) of Physics, Institute of Physics, University of Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden.
1970–1971 Visiting Scientist, Wallenberg Fellow, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, Long Island, New York, USA
1966–1971 Research Staff, Swedish Atomic Research Council, Institute of Physics, University of Stockholm, Sweden.
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