A Brief History of Nuclear Medicine Physics, Instrumentation, and Data Sciences in Korea

• Published in: Nuclear medicine and molecular imaging Vol. 55; no. 6; pp. 265 - 284
• Main Authors: Lee, Jae Sung, Kim, Kyeong Min, Choi, Yong, Kim, Hee-Joung
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore Springer Singapore 01.12.2021; Springer Nature B.V; 대한핵의학회
• Subjects: Artificial intelligence; Blood flow; Cardiology; Cyclotrons; Densitometers; Densitometry; Image analysis; Imaging; Instruments; Medical imaging; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Nuclear Medicine; Oncology; Orthopedics; Photomultiplier tubes; Physics; Positron emission; Radioisotopes; Radiology; Review; Technology assessment; Tomography; 방사선과학; Nuclear medicine; Single-photon emission computed tomography; Image analysis; Medical physics; Positron emission tomography

We review the history of nuclear medicine physics, instrumentation, and data sciences in Korea to commemorate the 60 th anniversary of the Korean Society of Nuclear Medicine. In the 1970s and 1980s, the development of SPECT, nuclear stethoscope, and bone densitometry systems, as well as kidney and c...