Cho Zang-hee

Zang-Hee Cho, Ph.D, 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.

• B.Sc,Electronics, College of Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea (1960)
• M.Sc. Electronics, Graduate School, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea (1962)
• Ph.D. Applied Physics, Institute of Physics, Uppsala university, Uppsala, Sweden (1966)
• Fil.D(Docent). Nuclear Physics, Institute of Physics, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden (1972)

2019.11.-Present Endowed Chair Professor & Director, Neuroscience Convergence Ceneter, Korea University, Seoul, Korea.

2017-2019.10Endowed 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,Suwon,Korea.

2004–2014 University Professor, Neuroscience Research Institute, Gachon Medical School, Inchon, Korea.
2006–PresentProfessor 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 of Physics (Radiology), KAIST, Seoul, Korea. 1979–1985 Professor of Radiology (Physics) and Co-Director of Imaging Research Center, Columbia University, New York, 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. Editor in Chief, International Journal of Imaging Systems & Technology, John Wiley & Sons, New York, N.Y., 1993–2011
2. Editorial Board ; Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Academic Press, San Diego, New York, 1984–90
3. Steering Committee IEEE Trans. on Medical Imaging, IEEE Press, New York, NY, 1985–93
4. Steering Committee : IEEE Trans. on Nuclear Science, IEEE Press, New York, NY, 1985–92
5. Editorial Board : Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics, Pergamon Press, New York, NY, 1988-
6. Editorial Board : Physics in Medicine and Biology, Institute of Physics, London, England, 1993
7. Editorial Board : International Journal of Imaging Systems and Technology, John Wiley & Sons, New York, NY, 1989–93

• Cho, ZH., Chan, JK. andEriksson, L., "Circular ring transverse axial positron camera for 3-D reconstruction of radionuclides distribution", IEEE Trans Nucl. Sci, NS-23, 613–622, 1976.
• Cho, ZH., Eriksson, L. andChan, JK. "A circular ring transverse axial positron camera“ in Reconstruction Tomography in Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine Symposium, Puerto Rico, April 1975, and book “ Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine”, 393–421, 1977, University Park Press, Baltimore(Ed. by Ter-Pogossian et al.).
• Cho, ZH. andFarukhi, MR., "Bismuth Germanate (BGO) as a potential scintillation detector in positron cameras", J Nucl Med, 18, 840–844, 1977.
• 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
• Book ; Graduate Text Book : Foundation of Medical Imaging ( John Wiley &Sons ), 1993
• Book : 7 Tesla MRI Brain Atlas- In-vivo Atlas with Cryomacrotome Correlation (Springer, New York, Dordrecht, Heidelberg, London), 2009
• Z.H. Cho, J. Jones, and M. Singh ; Foundation of Medical Imaging ( John Wiley & Sons ), 1993, New York, USA
• Z. H. Cho (Editor) ; 7 Tesla MRI Brain Atlas – In-vivo Atlas with Cryomacrotome Correlation (Springer, New York, Dordrecht, Heidelberg, London) 2009
• Cho, ZH, Y.D. Son, Hang-Keun Kim, Dae-Hyuk Kwon, Yo-Han J00, Jong Beom Ra, Yong Choi and Young- Bo Kim. Develop of Positron Emission Tomography with Wobbling and Zooming for High Sensitivity and High- Resolution Molecular Imaging. IEEE Trans Nucl. DOI 10.1109/TMI.2019.2916326 2008, 2019

Technical Reports

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. andAhn, 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. andYano, Y., "Positron ranges obtained form biomedically important positron emitting radionuclides",J Nucl Med, 16, 1174–1176, 1975.
4. Cho, ZH., Chan, JK. andEriksson, L., "Circularring transverse axial positron camera for 3-D reconstruction of radionuclides distribution", IEEE Trans NuclSci, 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. andChan, 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. andFarukhi, 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. andCumming, J., "Fourier transform nuclear magnetic resonance tomographic imaging",Proc of IEEE (Invited paper), 79(10), 1152–1173, 1982
9. Cho, ZH., Hong, KS. andHilal, 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

• Distinguished Scientist Award, International Workshop on Physics and Engineering in Medical Imaging; International Workshop on Physics and Engineering in Medical Imaging, March 15–18, 1982, Asilomar, California, USA
• Grand Science and Engineering Award, Science and Cultural Foundation of Chung-Jinki, August 20, 1984, Seoul, Korea
• Jacob Javits Neuroscience Award, (NCI) NIH, January; 1, 1984, Washington, D.C., US
• Sylvia Sorkin Greenfield Award, American Association of Medical Physicist(AAPM), August 15, 1989, New York, New York, US
• National Science & Technology Prize (PresidentialAward), Republic of Korea, Feb. 28, 1995, Seoul, Korea
• National Academy of Science Prize, Korean National Academy of Sciences, Republic of Korea, Sept. 1997, Seoul, Korea
• Science Prize, The Korea Academy of Science and Technology, Seoul, Korea. Feb. 18, 2000
• Distinguished Faculty Award for Research. Academic Senate, Univ. ofCalif. Irvine. January 27, 2004–5, Irvine, California, US
• National Medal of Honor in Science & Technology, Presidential Award, Republic of Korea, April 21, 2005, Seoul, Korea
• Distinguished Alumni Award (Kwan-Ak Grand Prize), Seoul National University, Seoul, 2007