Zhenghong Lee, PhD

Professor
Department of Radiology
School of Medicine
Associate Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Case School of Engineering
Co-Leader
Cancer Imaging Program
Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

Research Information

Research Interests

  • Cancer imaging
  • Stem cell imaging
  • Translational research
  • PET/CT imaging
  • SPECT/CT imaging
  • Optical imaging
  • Scintigraphy

My expertise is in molecular imaging with specialty in PET imaging with small molecule radio-tracers. I am also well-versed in quantitative analysis and can contribute to the processing of dynamically acquired PET image data for correlation with histological evaluation. Over the years, I have gained considerable experience in animal imaging using micro-scanners for small animal such as mice and rats, and clinical scanners for mid- and large size animals such as rabbits, woodchucks, canines, and pigs. Cancer imaging is the main research focus of my lab as we have been investigating the mechanisms of tracer uptake in tumors as well as evaluating the potentials for clinical utility of these tracers. My lab has also been developing novel reporter systems to study biology events associated with stem cell-based repair and regeneration in vivo.

Awards and Honors

Teacher of the Year for Teaching Residents, Radiological Physics
2013
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
Teacher of the Year for Teaching Residents, Radiological Physics
2011
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
Teacher of the Year for Teaching Residents, Radiological Physics
2009
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
Image of the Year
2000
Society of Nuclear Medicine
Image of the Month
1999
SNIDD (before merged into Academy of Molecular Imaging)

Publications

. Molecular Imaging and Biology 2014; 16(1): 44-52. PMID: 23921714

. J Orthop Res. 2013 Jun;31(6):871-9. PMID:23440976

. Journal of Hepatology,55(1):96-102, 2011. PMID:21354236

. Molecular Imaging and Biology, 13:140-151, 2011. PMID: 20401538

. Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 52(1):98-106, 2011. PMID: 21149484

. Current Opinion in Hematology, 17:505-513, 2010. PMID: 20729733

. Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 48:2011-2020, 2007. PMID: 18006616

. Molecular Imaging and Biology, 9(3):135-43, 2007. PMID: 17308952.

. Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics, Vol. 29, No. 6, p.477-486, 2005. PMID: 15893911.

. Journal of Nuclear Medicine, Vol. 41, No. 10, p.1603-1611, 2000. PMID: 11037987.

Education

Doctor of Philosophy
ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½
1997
Master of Science
University of Akron
1993
Bachelor of Science
Zhejiang University, China
1986