title: Historic images in nuclear medicine: 1976: the first issue of clinical nuclear medicine and the first human FDG study.
abstract: In 1976, 2 major molecular imaging events coincidentally took place: Clinical Nuclear Medicine was first published in June, and in August researchers at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania created the first images in humans with F-FDG. FDG was initially developed as part of an evolution set in motion by fundamental research studies with positron-emitting tracers in the 1950s by Michel Ter-Pegossian and coworkers at the Washington University. Today, Clinical Nuclear Medicine is a valued scientific contributor to the molecular imaging community, and FDG PET is considered the backbone of this evolving and exciting discipline.
authors: From the *Department of Nuclear Medicine, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark; and †Division of Nuclear Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
authors: Søren
authors: S
authors: Hess
authors: Poul Flemming
authors: PF
authors: Høilund-Carlsen
authors: Abass
authors: A
authors: Alavi
mesh_terms: D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 / Q000266:history; D049673:History, 20th Century; D009683:Nuclear Medicine / Q000266:history* / Q000379:methods; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000266:history*; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography / Q000266:history*; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals / Q000266:history
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18